An efficient approach for Mars Sample Return using emerging commercial capabilities
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An Efficient Approach for Mars Sample Return Using Emerging Commercial Capabilities.
Mars Sample Return is the highest priority science mission for the next decade as recommended by the 2011 Decadal Survey of Planetary Science [1]. This article presents the results of a feasibility study for a Mars Sample Return mission that efficiently uses emerging commercial capabilities expected to be available in the near future. The motivation of our study was the recognition that emergin...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Acta Astronautica
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0094-5765
DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2016.02.013