Shooting for Mars

• Autores: Lockheed Martin
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3083, 2016, pág. 7
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration wants an orbiter worthy of human missions to Mars. The agency has given contracts to five engineering companies--Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Orbital ATK and Space Systems Loral--to demonstrate what kind of spacecraft each one can build for a potential mission in the 2020s. Today's Mars orbiters are vital for relaying data from rovers back to Earth. To support a human mission, the next generation will need to be superior in terms of propulsion, imaging capabilities and communication