Ongoing interest in establishing a base on Mars has spurred a need for regular and repeated visits to the red planet using a cycling shuttle to transport supplies, equipment and to retrieve surface samples. This thesis presents an approach to designing an optimal heliocentric cycling orbit, or cycler, using solar sails. Results show that solar sails can be used to significantly reduce V infinity s at Mars and Earth.


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    Title :

    Design of Optimal Cyclers Using Solar Sails


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    Publication date :

    2002


    Size :

    140 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English





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