INPPS Flagship: 2020^th and 2030^th Mars explorations

AbstraktAbstract

The presentation summarizes INPPS (International Nuclear Power and Propulsion System) flagship non-human (2020^th) and human (2030^th) Mars exploration missions. The 2020^th first flagship space flight is the complex, complete test mission for the second flagship towards Mars with humans (2030^th). The most efficient approach is the completely tested first INPPS in the 2020^th as the preparation of the second flagship with humans on board. The second INPPS (2030^th) is also the regular space transportation tug Mars-Earth. International requests for human Mars space flight is realizable by rationales for pursuing two INPPS Mars missions in the proposed period: 1) successful finalization of the European-Russian DEMOCRITOS and MEGAHIT projects with their three concepts of space, ground and nuclear demonstrators for INPPS realization (2017), 2) successful ground based test of the Russian nuclear reactor with 1MWel plus the important thermal emission solution by droplet radiators (2018), 3) reactor space qualification by Russia until 2025 and 4) the perfect celestial Earth-Mars-Earth-Jupiter/Europa trajectory in 2026-2031 to carryout maximal INPPS space flight tests. Set of issues of INPPS space system and all subsystems became identified and studied during DEMOCRITOS. Consequently critical performance will be studied by parallel realizations of the ground and nuclear demonstrators (until 2025).

The presentation summarizes INPPS (International Nuclear Power and Propulsion System) flagship non-human (2020^th) and human (2030^th) Mars exploration missions. The 2020^th first flagship space flight is the complex, complete test mission for the second flagship towards Mars with humans (2030^th). The most efficient approach is the completely tested first INPPS in the 2020^th as the preparation of the second flagship with humans on board. The second INPPS (2030^th) is also the regular space transportation tug Mars-Earth. International requests for human Mars space flight is realizable by rationales for pursuing two INPPS Mars missions in the proposed period: 1) successful finalization of the European-Russian DEMOCRITOS and MEGAHIT projects with their three concepts of space, ground and nuclear demonstrators for INPPS realization (2017), 2) successful ground based test of the Russian nuclear reactor with 1MWel plus the important thermal emission solution by droplet radiators (2018), 3) reactor space qualification by Russia until 2025 and 4) the perfect celestial Earth-Mars-Earth-Jupiter/Europa trajectory in 2026-2031 to carryout maximal INPPS space flight tests. Set of issues of INPPS space system and all subsystems became identified and studied during DEMOCRITOS. Consequently critical performance will be studied by parallel realizations of the ground and nuclear demonstrators (until 2025).