Energy requirements for 3-man orbit-to-orbit Earth-Mars round trip mission; capabilities of high thrust and micro-thrust systems for accomplishing mission; medium thrust nuclear electric rocket satisfying mission requirements; basic concept of thermionic nuclear magnetogas-dynamic system (TIN-MGD); vehicle configuration; nuclear and solar flare shielding; analysis shows that medium thrust vehicle could complete Earth-Mars round trip in 1 yr with payload fraction of 0.345. (See also SAE -- Paper 338A for meeting Apr 4-7 1961 9 p)
Advantages of medium thrust nuclear-electric rocket
SAE -- J
Society of Automotive Engineers -- Journal ; 69 , n 7
1961
4 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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