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2014 | OriginalPaper | Buchkapitel
Reduction of Martian Sample Return Mission Launch Mass with Solar Sail Propulsion
verfasst von : Tiffany E. Russell, Andrew Heaton, Dan Thomas, Roy Young, Mike Baysinger, Pete Capizzo, Leo Fabisinski, Linda Hornsby, Dauphne Maples, Janie Miernik, Scott Thomas
Erschienen in: Advances in Solar Sailing
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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Solar sails have the potential to provide mass and cost savings for spacecraft traveling within the inner solar system. Companies like L’Garde have demonstrated sail manufacturability and various in-space deployment methods. The purpose of this study was to evaluate a current Mars sample return architecture and to determine how cost and mass would be reduced by incorporating a solar sail propulsion system. The team validated the design proposed by L’Garde, and scaled the design based on a trajectory analysis. Using the solar sail design reduced the required mass, eliminating one of the three launches required in the original architecture.