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A Minimal Architecture for Human Journeys to Mars

@inproceedings{Price2015AMA,
  title={A Minimal Architecture for Human Journeys to Mars},
  author={Hoppy W. Price and John Baker and F. Michael Naderi},
  year={2015}
}
Proposed architectures for human journeys to Mars need to take note of the two competing constraints of an executable program: the annual NASA human spaceflight budget will likely remain constrained (possibly growing with inflation), and going to Mars and landing on Mars need to happen within the interest horizon of the various stakeholders, including the public. In this article we describe a stepwise approach for human journeys to Mars using a minimal architecture. We refer to this… Expand
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