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s<br />

Mars<br />

Excursion<br />

Vehicle<br />

Transfer<br />

Habitation<br />

Module<br />

Earth<br />

Re-entry<br />

Capsule<br />

Figure 2-17: Mission elements for a human mission to Mars<br />

HMM<br />

Assessment Study<br />

Report: CDF-20(A)<br />

February 2004<br />

page 45 of 422<br />

Propulsion Module<br />

If no extra infrastructure is available in LEO on return, an ERC is required to return the crew to<br />

Earth surface, either performing a direct entry from interplanetary trajectory or by parking the<br />

TV in LEO. In the case of an existing infrastructure, the TV could rendezvous and dock to it to<br />

allow the transfer of the astronauts. This last option has not been considered in the study.<br />

2.7.3 Key parameters<br />

To perform the selection of the mission case, the following parameters have been analysed:<br />

• Overall mass into LEO<br />

• Overall mission duration<br />

• Assembly time<br />

• Time availability for Martian surface operations<br />

2.7.4 Mission case architecture options<br />

A preliminary set of trade-offs and options was established at the beginning of the study. The<br />

trade space has been already reduced by taking into account all the technological and<br />

programmatic constraints, as well as the criteria defined for the mission case study. The main<br />

trade-offs and options studied are shown in Table 2-6.

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