Lunar Robotic Precursor Missions Using Electric Propulsion

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dc.contributor.authorWinski, Richard G.en
dc.contributor.committeechairWang, Joseph J.en
dc.contributor.committeememberGrossman, Bernard M.en
dc.contributor.committeememberMoses, Roberten
dc.contributor.departmentAerospace and Ocean Engineeringen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:49:18Zen
dc.date.adate2007-01-05en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:49:18Zen
dc.date.issued2006-10-23en
dc.date.rdate2007-01-05en
dc.date.sdate2006-12-11en
dc.description.abstractA trade study is carried out for the design of electric propulsion based lunar robotic precursor missions. The focus is to understand the relationships between payload mass delivered, electric propulsion power, and trip time. The results are compared against a baseline system using chemical propulsion with LOX/H2. The major differences between the chemical propulsion based and electric propulsion based systems are presented in terms of the payload mass and trip time. It is shown that solar electric propulsion offers significant advantage over chemical propulsion in delivering non-time critical payloads to lunar orbit.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.identifier.otheretd-12112006-151141en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-12112006-151141/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/36063en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartThesis_v4.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectLunar precursoren
dc.subjectelectric propulsion direct driveen
dc.titleLunar Robotic Precursor Missions Using Electric Propulsionen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineAerospace and Ocean Engineeringen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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