Human Mars Exploration Architecture Studies
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General References
- The Mars Project [Wernher v. Braun 1962] The original human Mars mission design (chemical propulsion, conjunction class)
- Humans to Mars - 50 Years of Mission Planning, NASA SP-2001-4521 (PDF) [February 2001] By David S. F. Portree, NASA History Division
- Interplanetary Mission Design Handbook: Earth-to-Mars Mission Opportunities and Mars-to-Earth Return Opportunities 2009-2024 (PDF) [NASA MSFC 1998]
Round-Trip Human Mars Exploration
NASA Human Mars Mission Studies
- Human Mars Exploration Mission Architectures and Technologies (PPT) [Connolly, Joosten, January 2005] This is a good summary of NASA human Mars mission architecting studies and insights gained.
Apollo-Era Mission Designs
- A STUDY OF MANNED NUCLEAR-ROCKET MISSIONS TO MARS (PDF) [NASA Glenn 1961]
- Low-energy 1977 triple-planet flybys with an inherent abort option (PDF) [Vanderveen, NASA 1968]
- Manned exploration of Mars: A minimum-energy mission plan for maximum scientific return (PDF) [Funk et al., NASA JSC 1968]
- Integrated space program - Manned planetary missions for the 1980's (PDF) [Bellcomm / NASA 1969]
Pre-SEI Human Mars Mission Studies
- Manned Mars flyby mission and configuration concept (PDF) [NASA MSFC 1986]
- Concept for a manned Mars flyby (PDF) [NASA JSC 1986]
- A manned Mars mission concept with artificial gravity (PDF) Davis, NASA 86]
Space Exploration Initiative (SEI) Human Mars Mission Studies
- Report of the 90-Day Study on Human Exploration of the Moon and Mars, NASA-TM-102999 (PDF) [November 1989]
- Report of the 90-Day Study on Human Exploration of the Moon and Mars - Cost Summary (PDF) [November 1989]
- Stafford Commission America at the Threshold - Report of the Synthesis Group on America's Space Exploration Initiative (PDF) [Stafford et al. 1991]
Mars Design Reference Mission Studies
- The Reference Mission of the NASA Mars Exploration Study Team, NASA/SP-6107 (PDF) [July 1997] Commonly referred to as NASA Mars DRM 1.0
- Addendum to the NASA Mars DRM, NASA/SP—6107–ADD (PDF) [June 1998] Commonly referred to as NASA Mars DRM 3.0
- Human Mars Mission Weights and Mass Properties, NASA CR-2000-209874 PT1 (PDF) [Brothers, October 1999]
- NASA Mars surface reference mission, NASA/TP—2001–209371 (PDF) [December 2001]
- Exploration Blueprint - Data Book, NASA JSC-63724 (PDF) [Drake, February 2007 (release date)] Contains information on NASA Mars DRM 4.0 and the Dual Landers DRM starting page 178
- NASA’s Decadal Planning Team - Mars Mission Analysis Summary, JSC-63725 [Drake BG (editor), released 2007]
- From the Moon to Mars - The Things We Most Need to Learn at the Moon to Support the Subsequent Human Exploration of Mars (PDF) [Drake, October 2007] Presentation by Bret Drake, NASA-JSC, to NASA LEAG; contains background information on the still unpublished NASA Mars Design Reference Architecture 5.0
- Mars Design Reference Architecture 5.0 Study: Executive Summary (PDF) [Bret Drake, 2/2009 (release date)] Summary of the latest NASA Mars design reference for human Mars missions
- NASA Design Reference Architecture 5.0 (PDF) NASA-SP-2009-566 [July 2009]
- NASA Design Reference Architecture 5.0 Addendum (PDF) NASA-SP-2009-566-ADD [July 2009]
Non-DRM Studies
- Vehicle and Mission Design Options for the Human Exploration of Mars/Phobos Using "Bimodal" NTR and LANTR Propulsion (PDF) [Borowski et al. NASA Glenn 2002]
- Preliminary Assessment of Artificial Gravity Impacts to Deep-Space Vehicle Design, NASA JSC-63743 (PDF) [Joosten, February 2007 (release date)] This is a NEP and artificial gravity based Mars reference mission put together by NASA after Mars DRM 4.
- Reducing the Risk of Human Missions to Mars Through Testing, NASA JSC-63726 (PDF) [Drake, February 2007 (release date)]
- Austere Human Mission to Mars (PDF) NASA JPL (H. Price et al) Minimalist Mars Design Reference Mission [Space 2009 AIAA Conference Paper] JPL minimalist round-trip mission study from 2009
- Austere Human Mission to Mars (PDF) NASA JPL (H. Price et al) [AIAA Presentation Slides] JPL minimalist round-trip mission study from 2009
Mars Mission Designs by Robert Zubrin
- Humans to Mars in 1999 (PDF) [Zubrin, Baker 1991]
- Mars Direct - A Simple, Robust, and Cost Effective Architecture for the Space Exploration Initiative (PDF) [Zubrin, Baker 1991] Overview of the Mars Direct exploration architecture
- Athena extended Mars flyby mission design (PDF) [Zurbin, 1996]
Miscellaneous Mission Designs
- Project Minerva: A low-cost manned Mars mission based on indigenous propellant production (PDF) [Bruckner et al. 1992]
- Lowest cost, nearest term options for a manned Mars mission (PDF) [Sauls et al. 1992]
- Project APEX: Advanced manned exploration of the Martian moon Phobos (PDF) [Eisley et al. 1992] Mission design for Phobos mission
- Caltech Mars Mission Design Report (PDF) Caltech Reference Mission Design
- A Practical Architecture for Exploration-Focused Manned Mars Missions Using Chemical Propulsion, Solar Power Generation and In-Situ Resource Utilisation (PDF) [Willson and Clarke 2007] Mars Society Australia (MSA) MARS-OZ Reference Mission
- MarsDrive Consortium Mission
Mars Colonization
Miscellaneous Mars Colonization References
- One-way to Mars, George W. Herbert, AAS 96-322, The Case for Mars VI : Making Mars an Affordable Destination, Boulder, CO, 1996.
- Resource Utilization and Site Selection for a Self-Sufficient Martian Outpost, NASA/TM-98-206538 (PDF) [April 1998] By G. James, G. Chamitoff, D. Barker
- To Boldly Go: A One-Way Human Mission to Mars [Schulze-Makuch, Davies, Journal of Cosmology, 2010, Vol 12, 3619-3626]
Mars Colonization - Robert Zubrin
- The Case for Mars: The Plan to Settle the Red Planet and Why We Must [Zubrin 1997] Discusses the Mars direct mission architecture, Mars base building, Mars colonization, and Mars terraforming
- How to Live on Mars: A Trusty Guidebook to Surviving and Thriving on the Red Planet [Zubrin 2008] Entertaining portrayal what life in a Mars colony would be like, presents many interesting technical and design ideas
