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Keith A. Beals
Martin Beaulieu
Frank J. Dembia
Joseph Kerstiens
Daniel L. Kramer
Jeffrey R. West
James A. Zito
(ItASA-Ca-1843 18) PBOJICT L C L G S B C I : AI N89-16904
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
from Goddard Space Flight Center was Dr. Stephen Paddack, who
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2 . 1 Ob,iecti\-eStar System
probe’s esploration.
some time.
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2.2 Operations
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current pro,jections) :
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around point (see Figs 2 . 2 a and 2.2b). This point has
equipment.
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probe into an elliptical orbit around Beta Centauri
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a p h e l i o n r a d i i , t h e o r b i t a l p a r a m e t e r s were d e t , e r r n i n e d :
a = 1 . 7 5 AU
e = 0.428572
E = - 2 1 6 . 9 5 kmE2/secEZ
T = 2 . 4 9 7 7 E a r t h years
V a = 1 3 . 1 km/s
V p = 3 2 . 9 3 5 km/s
T h e p e r i h e l i o n v e l o c i t y w i l l be t h e \ . e l o c i t , y t-,o
w h i c h t h e p r o b e m u s t be slowed f o r p r r J 1 ) c r i:,c-.t=r!: o n i l l t i t
t h i s orbit.
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3 0 SPACECRAFT SYSTEMS
3 . 1 Power
Mass
reactor 500 kg
shielding 830 k g
turbine 230 lrg
piping and miscellaneous 6 8 0 lrg
8 flywheels 3400 k g
flywheel motors, structure 760 k g
Total mass 6400 k g
Porier output is variable but will need to be a
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The Flatter Anti-matter Annihil-ation could
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The size of a laser with continuous output, to
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chamber. The problem involved with using such a field
material.
alignment.
3.2.2.3 Feasibility
y e a r s , t h e s e p r o j e c t s s h o u l d be p o s s i b l e w i t h t h e p r o p e r
funding. C u r r e n t t , e c h n o l . o g y i s alrc?ad;v c a p a b l e o f
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3.3 Instrumentation
3 . 3 . 1 Instruments
IR Imagers
Visual Imagers
UV Telescopes
High-Energy Particle Detectors
Astrometrical Telescopes
Wide-Band Spectrophotometers
Magnetometers
Solar Wind Plasma Analyzers
Communications Lasers
triple redundancy.
the system.
the universe.
accomplished.)
The Wide-Band Spectro-photometers will determine
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interstellar probe both occur when the probe ent rs the target _st m
Low background noise from the target system is necessary for a low
Both the pointing accuracy of the laser mount and the attitude
BO very low error laser mounts and star trackers will be used.
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A total input power of 250 kilowatts is needed for each laser that
subtended by the laser beam when it reaches Earth), the power density
is 8.87 x 10^-17 watts per square meter, or 222 photons per square
pulse 'on' level is 100 photons, the receiver sees 1000 pulses per
second. A data rate of 1000 bits per second is low. Note that this
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3 . 6 Guidance
determination accuracy.
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low enough t o remain in pelletized form for the duration
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amount of energy.
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The fission power reactor will be attached to the
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A s s uiiip L i 0 1 1 s :
V p = (GWe/Rcircular).~= (398,601.2/6678).5 =
7,7258 h111/sec
R o u g h c a i c u l a l i o r i s f o r D e l La-V’s f o r u r b i L c h a r i d e s
Lo L a k e Ltie probe u u L L o J u p i L e r ( L u Lake or1 f u e l ) are
made u s i u g H u h ~ i i t s i n ~ iL r t i r l s f e r e q u t s L i o r i s a s an
a p p r o x i r r i a L i o r i ( a c i u a l o r b i L s w o u l d be p a L c h e d - c u r i i c s ) .
The f i r s L s i x c a l c u l a L i o r i s are L h e saiiie f o r L h i s
alia1y s i s :
( 1) E r l e r g y o f H o h m t s r i n L r t s r l s f e r o r b i L :
Et - f S u n / 6 . 2 AU = - 1 4 3 . 0 8 9 4 h e i 2 / s e c z
{ 2 ) P e r i g e e v e l o c i Ly of Lrtsrisfer o r b i L :
V I = [ 2 ( f s u n / l AU t E t ) ] . S = 3 8 . 6 1 7 1 hiii/sec
( 4 ) Apogee v e l o c i L y of Lransi’er o r b i L :
V 2 = [ 2 ( f e u n / 5 . 2 AU t E t ) ] = 7 . 4 1 5 7 hiii/sec
( 5 ) V e l o c i L y r e q u i r e d Lo oi.LiL J u p i L e r a L a11
a l L i L u d e o f 5 0 0 , 0 0 0 hni:
( 6 ) DelLa-V Lo i r i j e c L i n L o o r b i L a b o u L J u p i L e r :
VJ - V2 = 7 . 4 8 1 4 hm/sec
( 7 ) J u p i L e r escape v e l o c i Ly :
VJ-escape - (2fJupiter/571370)” = 21.0676
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krii / s e c’
( 8 ) DelLa-V L o escape J u p i L e r :
D e 1 L a - V j - e ~ ~= V j - e s c - VJ = 6.1705 hm/SeC
VP-sun-J = ( f s u n / 5 . 2 A U ) . : = 1 3 . 0 6 0 1 hiii/sec
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T h i s i s n e a r l y L w i c e Lhe D e l L a - V r e q u i r e d Tor L h e
f i r s L case. T h i s f a c L , a1of:g w i L h Lhe d i f f i c u l L i e s
i n v o l v e d i n i i i i r i i n g L h e aLoI1iosp)titfre o f J u p i L e r , geLLing
L h e f u e l Lo a i i i i l l i o r : k i l o i i i e L e r o r b i L a r o u n d L h e plarieL,
e L c . , has made i L o b v i o u s L i i a L o b i a i r l i n g f u e l frosi
J u p i L e r i s noL I"easil1e.
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-4cccleration and Velocity Profiles
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100 REM *** THIS PROGRAM ASSUMES THAT THE ACCELERATIONS ***
110 REM *** CAN BE AVERAGED SINCE THEIR VALUE IS SMALL ***
120 REM *** AND THEY DO NOT CHANGE MUCH.***
130 REM
140 PRINT "ENTER THE TURNING POINT."
150 INPUT TP
160 LET AlA=(.00464+.00577)/2
170 LET V=AlA*33.35*3.147E7
180 REM
190 REM **** VELOCITY AT RELEASE OF TANKS 1 AND 2 ****
200 REM
210 LET A2.~=(.00619+.0084)/2
220 LET V=VtA2A*33.35%3.147E7
230 REM
240 REM **** VELOCITY AT RELEASE OF TANKS 3 AND 4 * % % %
250 REM
260 LET A3A=(.00931+ATP)/2
270 LET V=V+A3A*ITP-66.7)*3.147E7
280 REM
290 REM **** VELOCITY AT TURNING POINT ****
300 REM
310 LET A4A=(.021tATP)/2
320 LET V=V-A4A*(100.05-TP)*3.147E7
330 REM
340 REM **** FINAL VELOCITY ****
350 REM
360 PRINT V/1000,ATP
370 PRINT "GO AGAIN?"
380 INPUT ZZ$
390 IF ZZ$="Yr*THEN 150
400 END
Ready
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Escaping Earth
Delta \’ required is 3.2002 k m / s
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A i d i n g in escaping solar s y s t e m
D e l t a V required is at least 2 . 5 km/s
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Laser-Pumped Light Sail
Assumptions:
At 1 A.U.:
therefore,
2.94E8 w a t t s / N .
Therefore,
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V, (ezit velocity) = L E
L = Limiting Gas Velocity
E = 4- I-- = ]
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L,, = 379 -
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Fusion R e a c t i c n
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a t r e a c t i o n temperature:
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1. Tank Volume
The storage density for the fuel is .0708 metric
t o n s per cubic meter.
Therefore, the total 1.olume
needed is:
Vol ( 2 6 4 . 2 i 6 mt)*(1/.0708 m t . / m A 3 )
= 3732.71 m-3
The radius of the fuel tanks is set at 2.5
nicters and the length is then computed.
length = ( V o l / G ) / ( p i * r A 2 )
= (3732.71 mA3/6)/(pi~(2.5)*2)
= 31.68 meters
The total volume is divided b y six, because six
fuel tanks are used.
2. Tanli Thickness
Fdes = 5 * F
= 4.62 kN
p = F/.4
= 4 . 6 2 liX / 1 9 . 6 3 5 m A 2
= 2 3 5 . 5 1 ?;/rnA2
T h e t h i c k n e s s of' t h e t a n k s i s now d e t e r m i n e d .
t = (P * r)/( 2 f y i e l d stress)
I f we a s s u m e t h a t we w i l l u s e A 1 1100-0, t h e yieLd
stress j s 3.45e7 N/mn2. T h i s g i v e s a t h i c k n e s s o f :
T h e r e f o r e , t h e f u e l t a n k s c a n be made f r o m 2 mm A 1
1100-0 s h e e t s .
B. O r b i t a l Yanuvers
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Weight
Item Components ?letric Tons
Engine
Structure
Pay-load
O v e r a l l Total 396.414
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