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11/9/99 INTRODUCTION 
GRANT 07600-20/G-084 
• Background and Assumptions 
• Advanced Concept Description 
• SCO/GOX Hybrid Testing 
• SCH4/GOX Hybrid Testing 
• Overall Study Approach 
• Mission Identification 
• Fuels/Oxidizers/Sources Considered 
• Propellant Processing Scenarios 
• Rocket Performance Calculations 
• Traffic Model Data Sheet 
• Phase I Scenarios 
• Conclusions To Date
GRANT 07600-20/G-084 
11/9/99 
BACKGROUND AND 
ASSUMPTIONS 
• Purpose: To Enable Cost-Effective, In Situ Production and Uses of Mars Atmospheric- 
Derived Oxidizers and Fuels and to Guide Technology Development and Unique 
Hardware Development, Advanced Concept Development and System Analysis Efforts 
• Mars-produced Fuels and Oxidizers Will Enhance and/or Enable a Variety of Mars 
Exploration/Exploitation Missions by Providing a Very Cost-effective Supply of 
Propellants 
• Most Cost-Effective Martian Resource Is the Atmosphere (95% CO2), However, Mars 
Soil Can Also Provide other ISRU Species (Mg, Al, etc.) and Abundances (H2O) 
• Atmospheric CO2 Can Be Easily Processed and Converted to CO, C and O2 
• Small Amount of H2O Can Be Converted to H2 and O2, and N2, and Ar Are Also 
Available from the Atmosphere -- with these Elements, There Are Many Propellant 
Combinations Possible
GRANT 07600-20/G-084 
11/9/99 
BACKGROUND AND 
ASSUMPTIONS (CONT.) 
• Ground Transport Systems Include: Automated Unmanned Roving Vehicles, 
Personal Vehicles, Two-Person Unpressurized Rovers, Manned Pressurized 
Transport Rovers, and Larger Cargo Transports 
• Flight Vehicles Include: Mars Sample Return Vehicles, Unmanned and Manned 
Surface-To-Surface “Ballistic Hoppers”, Surface-To-Orbit Vehicles, 
Interplanetary Transport Vehicles, Powered Balloons, Winged Aerocraft, Single- 
Person Rocket Backpacks, and Single-Person Rocket Platforms 
• Auxiliary Power Systems Include: Brayton Cycle Turbines and Fuel Cells for 
Small Mars Outposts 
• Implementation of this Architecture Will Also Greatly Support Logistics & Base 
Operations by Providing a Reliable and Simple Way to Store Solar or Nuclear 
Generated Energy
GRANT 07600-20/G-084 
11/9/99 
ADVANCED CONCEPT 
DESCRIPTION 
• It Is Believed That by Using the Baseline C/O System, in the Proper Fuel Form (CO Solid; C 
Solid) That Significant Economic Dividends Are Possible for Future Mars Base Activity 
• The Production of O and CO through Solid State Electrolysis Appears to Be Well in Hand by 
Dr. Sridhar of the University of Arizona -- Hardware Is Now Being Prepared to Fly to Mars for 
an ISRU Demonstration 
• ORBITEC Has Demonstrated Successful Hot Firings of Advanced Cryogenic Solid Hybrid 
Rocket Engines, Including: Solid CO, Solid H2, Solid O2, Solid CH4, and Solid C2H2 
• CO Gas Can Be Directly and Quickly Frozen to a Solid Hybrid Fuel Grain Below the Triple 
Point Temperature (68 K) by Using Cooled LOX (With the Low Pressure of the Mars 
Atmosphere (4.5 To 11.4 Mm Hg, This Is Very Easy-@ 11.4 Mm LOX Will Be at 63 K, and @6 
Mm LOX Will Be at 60 K) as the Freezing Fluid and Oxidizer in a Cryogenic Hybrid Engine 
• Focusing on the Innovative and Revolutionary Use of Solid CO and C as Fuels with LOX in 
Hybrid Rockets and Power System Applications, but Have Broadened Scope to Include: 
SCH4/LOX, LCH4/LOX, SC2H2/LOX, LH2/SOX, LH2/LOX, SH2-HEDM/LOX, Mg-Al/CO2 and 
other Secondary Derivative Propellants That May Have Significant Storability Advantages (e.g., 
H2O2, CH3OH)
GRANT 07600-20/G-084 
11/9/99 
SCO/GOX HYBRID 
TESTING 
• ORBITEC Has Been Very Active in Developing 
Advanced Cryogenic Hybrid Rocket Technology and 
Has Been the Only Organization in the World that 
Has Test Fired Solid CO Hybrid 
• On January 29, 1998, ORBITEC Performed the First 
Ever Test Firing of a Solid CO/GOX Propellant 
Combination in the ORBITEC Mark-II Cryogenic 
Hybrid Rocket Engine 
• 100 Grams of Solid CO Was Frozen Onto the Inside 
of the Cylindrical Chamber of the Engine and LHe 
was Used to Freeze and Cool the CO for the Test 
• The Freezing Pressure Was on the Order of 1 Torr 
and the Freezing Process Took 29 Minutes 
• Based on Previous Experience, We Estimate that the 
CO Was Approximately 10 K Just Prior to the Test 
Firing 
• Three Tests Have Been Conducted to Date 
ORBITEC’s Mark II Cryogenic Hybrid Rocket 
Engine
GRANT 07600-20/G-084 
11/9/99 
VIDEO IMAGE OF A SOLID CO 
GRAIN FORMED IN THE 
MARK II ENGINE AND FIRING
GRANT 07600-20/G-084 
11/9/99 
SCO/GOX HYBRID FIRING 
RESULTS 
Variable Test 1 Test 2 Test 3 
Burn Time (s) 9.72 11.61 12.95 
Initial SCO Temp. 
(K) 
10-20 10-20 10-20 
Main O2 Flow (g/s) 6.0 6.0 4.0 
Initial O2 Flux 
(g/cm2-s) 
0.48 0.48 0.32 
Avg. O2 Flux 
(g/cm2-s) 
0.39 0.39 0.26 
Avg. reg. rate (cm/s) 0.058 0.048 0.043 
Avg. pc (psi) 70.9 67.3 51.5 
Avg. O/F 0.57 0.70 0.51 
C*exp (m/s) 1117.2 1172.1 1127 
C*theo (m/s) 1342.6 1325.9 1332.8 
C*eff 83.2% 88.4% 84.6%
GRANT 07600-20/G-084 
11/9/99 
SUMMARY OF 
ORBITEC CRYOGENIC 
HYBRID REGRESSION RATE DATA 
SH2/GOX 
SOX/GH2: r = 0.24GO 
0.47 
SOX/GH2 - A Control: r = 0.097GO 
0.33 
SCH4/GOX: r = 0.29GO 
0.77 
SCH4-7.5% Al/GOX: r = 0.17GO 
0.89 
HTPB/GOX: r = 0.015GO 
0.68 
Ref.: R.A. Fredrick 
SOX/GH2 - B Control r = 0.17GO 
0.22 
1 
0.1 
0.01 
0.001 
0.001 0.01 0.1 1 10 100 
Average Oxygen or Hydrogen Mass Flux (g/cm2 - sec) 
Average Regression Rate (cm/sec) 
SOX/GH2 
SOX/GH2 - A Control 
SOX/GH2 - B Control 
SCH4/GOX 
SCH4-7.5% Al/GOX, singlet injector 
SCH4-15% Al/GOX, singlet injector 
SCH4-15% Al/GOX, showerhead inj. 
SCH4-30% Al/GOX, singlet injector 
SH2/GOX 
SC2H2/GOX 
HTPB/GOX 
SCO/GOX 
SC2H2/GOX 
SCO/GOX 
r=0.062Go 
0.27
GRANT 07600-20/G-084 
11/9/99 
PRESSURE-TIME AND O/F-TIME 
TRACES FOR SCO/GOX FIRINGS 
140 
120 
100 
80 
60 
40 
20 
0 
-4 -2 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 
Time (standard run seconds) 
Pressure (psia) 
Red-Line 
Shut Down 
Test 1 
Test 3 
Test 2 
2 
1.8 
1.6 
1.4 
1.2 
1 
0.8 
0.6 
0.4 
0.2 
0 
-4 -2 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 
Time (standard run seconds) 
O/F Ratio 
Test 1 
Test 3 
Test 2 
O/F=0.57 (stoich)
GRANT 07600-20/G-084 
11/9/99 
CONCLUSIONS 
REACHED FROM 
FIRST SCO/GOX TESTS 
• SCO Can Be Easily Formed in a Solid Grain from the Gas Phase 
• Grain Appears Structurally Sound 
• No Indications of Grain Slipping During Burns Were Noticed 
• SCO Burns Very Well with GOX – It Has Been One of the Smoothest Burning 
Cryogenic Solids That ORBITEC Has Tested 
• Pressure Change with Time Was Primarily Due to the Increase in Area as the Grain 
Regressed; Some Contribution to the Increase in Grain Temperature Is Also Believed 
a Contributor 
• Optimum O/F Ratio Was Easily Achieved the First Time Tried 
• Tests Show Great Promise for the SCO/LOX Propellant Combination for Use as a 
Mars Sample Return and a Wide Variety of Mars Exploration Applications
GRANT 07600-20/G-084 
11/9/99 
SCH4/GOX HYBRID 
PROPULSION TESTS 
• ORBITEC Has Also Completed Work to Design, Build, and Test a Solid Methane/GOX Hybrid 
Rocket Engine 
• Total of 24 Successful Test Firings Were Performed 
• Largest SCH4 Grain Fired Had a Mass of 120 g 
• Highest Steady Chamber Pressure Attained Was 240 Psia, and Highest Oxygen Mass Flow Rate 
Injected into the Engine Was 35 g/sec 
200 
150 
100 
50 
0 
-2 0 2 4 6 8 
Time (standard run seconds) 
Chamber Pressure (psia) 
G30-H037 (60 g) 
G30-H038 (80 g) 
G30-H044 (100 g) 
200 
150 
100 
50 
0 
15 g/s 
7.2 g/s 
0 4 8 12 16 
Time (standard run seconds) 
Pressure (psia) 
3.6 g/s 
Pressure Curves for SCH4/GOX Firings, Showing Effect of Grain Size and Varying Oxygen Flow Rate
GRANT 07600-20/G-084 
11/9/99 
OVERALL STUDY 
APPROACH 
Fuel/Oxidizer Scenarios Defined 
1. Select Fuel/Oxidizer Combination 
2. Determine Planetary Source 
3. Develop Processing Scenario 
Vehicles/Systems 
Defined 
1. Space Transport 
2. Ground Transport 
3. Auxiliary Power 
4. Other 
Mission Model 
Development 
1. Early Exploration 
2. Low Exploitation 
3. Medium Exploitation 
4. High Exploitation 
Assignment of Vehicles/Systems 
to Missions 
Establishment of Vehicle/System 
Traffic/Use Model 
Cost/Benefit Model 
Analysis 
1. Parametric Source 
Launch Cost 
2. Recurring Cost 
3. Recurring and Non- 
Recurring Cost 
Results Review & 
Sensitivity Study 
Consider Other 
Combinations to 
Lower Cost Further 
Develop More 
Efficient Fuel/ 
Oxidizer Families 
Final Recommendations for 
ISRU Fuel/Oxidizer 
Technology Development for 
Mars Exploration/Exploitation
11/9/99 MISSION IDENTIFICATION 
GRANT 07600-20/G-084 
• Scientific Exploration & Research 
• Auxiliary Power/Emergency Power 
• Commercial Exploration 
• Live Support 
• Terraforming 
• Waste/Trash Management 
• Infrastructure Construction 
• Health Care/Maintenance 
• Agriculture/Farming 
• Virtual Travel Market 
• Manufacturing/Industrial Activities 
• Resource Mining 
• Weather/Environmental 
• Communications Navigation Services 
• Surveying/Mapping 
• Personal Transportation 
• Package/Mail Delivery/Package Delivery/Product Delivery/Food Delivery/Goods/Services/Cargo 
• Government Activity/Law Enforcement/Emergency Rescue/Response 
• Launch/Space Transport Satellite/Earth Cargo Launch/Space Transport
GRANT 07600-20/G-084 
11/9/99 
EXAMPLE OF MISSION 
DEFINITION 
Mission Category: Scientific Exploration and Research 
Mission/Submission Scope? # of Crew/ 
Robotic 
Mission 
Duration 
Distance from 
Base (km) 
Travel 
Time 
Payload 
Mass (kg) 
Vehicle Type 
Required 
Past/Current Life on Mars – search for evidence of past life, geology of the planet, ice at 
poles or permafrost (tools, sample boxes, life support, rover, sample rocks/dust, measure 
seismic activity) 
2/Robotic 
2/Robotic 
2/Robotic 
1-5 days 
1 day 
3-7 days 
4000 km 
500 km 
10,000 km 
Minutes 
Hours 
Minutes 
300 
300 
300 
Ballistic Flight 
Ground 
Ballistic Flight 
Meteorology – study/characterize atmosphere, dust storms, other weather Delivery Vehicle 
Phenomena (temperate, pressure, wind velocity, solar radiation, humidity) Recovery Vehicle 
Sounding Rocket 
Robotic 
Robotic 
Robotic 
1 day 
1 day 
< day 
10,000 km 
10,000 km 
? altitude 
Minutes 
Minutes 
Minutes 
10 
10 
2 
Ballistic Flight 
Ballistic Flight 
Ballistic Flight 
Astronomy – any orbiting systems supplied from Earth 
- any ground-based systems located at base, so no requirement 
for transport 
Solar Monitoring – located at base, so no need for transport 
Other Science – study meteorites, characterize poles 2/Robotic 
2/Robotic 
2/Robotic 
1-5 days 
1 day 
3-7 days 
4000 km 
500 km 
10,000 km 
Minutes 
Hours 
Minutes 
200 
50 
200 
Ballistic Flight 
Ground 
Ballistic Flight 
Mars Moon Exploration 
(landing equipment, tools similar to the search for life/geology mission) 
3/Robotic 1 week Moon Orbits Hours 100 Flight vehicle 
Mission to Asteroid Belt 3/Robotic Months Asteroid Belt Hours 100 Flight vehicle
GRANT 07600-20/G-084 
11/9/99 
FUELS/OXIDERS/SOURCES 
CONSIDERED 
Source Space 
Transport 
Ground 
Transport 
Aerocraft Powered 
Fuel / Balloon 
Oxidizer Earth Mars Moon 
Solid 
Cryo - 
Hybrid 
Liquid 
Bi - 
Prop 
Brayton Fuel 
Cell Brayton Fuel 
Cell Brayton Fuel 
Cell 
CO / O2 
C / O2 
CH4 / O2 H H 
C2H2 / O2 H H 
CH3OH / 
H2O2 
H H 
H2 / O2 H HO SOX 
CO2 / MgAl M
GRANT 07600-20/G-084 
11/9/99 
PROPELLANT PROCESSING 
SCENARIOS 
1. All Earth-Supplied Hydrogen and Oxygen 
2. Earth-Supplied Hydrogen, Oxygen from the Mars Atmosphere 
3. Moon-Supplied Hydrogen and Oxygen 
4. All Mars-Supplied Hydrogen and Oxygen from H2O in the Atmosphere or Soil/Dust 
5. Methane Made from Earth-Supplied Hydrogen, Carbon and Oxygen from Mars 
Atmosphere 
6. Methane Made from Mars-Supplied Hydrogen, Carbon and Oxygen from Mars 
Atmosphere 
7. CO and O Made from the Mars Atmosphere 
8. C and O Made from the Mars Atmosphere 
9. CO2 from the Mars Atmosphere and Metal from Mars Regolith
GRANT 07600-20/G-084 
11/9/99 
PERFORMANCE CALCULATIONS 
FOR SELECTED PROPELLANTS 
• CEA Code Used to Calculate the 
Propellant Performances 
• Combinations Include: 
– SCO/LOX 
– C/LOX 
– SCH4/LOX 
– SC2H2/LOX 
– LH2/LOX 
– CH3OH/H2O2 
– Mg/CO2
11/9/99 SCO/LOX 
GRANT 07600-20/G-084 
300 
280 
260 
240 
220 
200 
180 
160 
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 
O/F Ratio 
Specific Impulse (sec) 
500 psia, 100:1 exp. to vac 
100 psia, 20:1 exp. to vac 
500 psia, 100:1 exp. to 10 torr 
100 psia, 20:1 exp. to 10 torr
GRANT 07600-20/G-084 
11/9/99 
CARBON/LOX 
340 
330 
320 
310 
300 
290 
280 
270 
260 
250 
240 
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 
O/F Ratio 
Specific Impulse (sec) 
500 psia, 100:1 exp. to vac 
100 psia, 20:1 exp. to vac 
500 psia, 100:1 exp. to 10 torr 
100 psia, 20:1 exp. to 10 torr
11/9/99 SCH4/LOX 
GRANT 07600-20/G-084 
410 
400 
390 
380 
370 
360 
350 
340 
330 
320 
310 
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
O/F Ratio 
Specific Impulse (sec) 
500 psia, 100:1 exp. to vac 
100 psia, 20:1 exp. to vac 
500 psia, 100:1 exp. to 10 torr 
100 psia, 20:1 exp. to 10 torr
11/9/99 LH2/LOX 
GRANT 07600-20/G-084 
460 
440 
420 
400 
380 
360 
340 
320 
300 
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 
O/F Ratio 
Specific Impulse (sec) 
500 psia, 100:1 exp. to vac 
100 psia, 20:1 exp. to vac 
500 psia, 100:1 exp. to 10 torr 
100 psia, 20:1 exp. to 10 torr
11/9/99 SC2H2/LOX 
GRANT 07600-20/G-084 
410 
400 
390 
380 
370 
360 
350 
340 
330 
320 
310 
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5 
O/F Ratio 
Specific Impulse (sec) 
500 psia, 100:1 exp. to vac 
100 psia, 20:1 exp. to vac 
500 psia, 100:1 exp. to 10 torr 
100 psia, 20:1 exp. to 10 torr
11/9/99 CH3OH/H2O2 
GRANT 07600-20/G-084 
360 
350 
340 
330 
320 
310 
300 
290 
280 
270 
260 
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 
O/F Ratio 
Specific Impulse (sec) 
500 psia, 100:1 exp. to vac 
100 psia, 20:1 exp. to vac 
500 psia, 100:1 exp. to 10 torr 
100 psia, 20:1 exp. to 10 torr
11/9/99 Mg/CO2 
GRANT 07600-20/G-084 
240 
230 
220 
210 
200 
190 
180 
170 
160 
150 
140 
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 
O/F Ratio 
Specific Impulse (sec) 
500 psia, 100:1 exp. to vac 
100 psia, 20:1 exp. to vac 
500 psia, 100:1 exp. to 10 torr 
100 psia, 20:1 exp. to 10 torr
GRANT 07600-20/G-084 
11/9/99 
TRAFFIC MODEL DATA 
SHEET EXAMPLE 
[Note: each period represents 5 years] 
Propellant: Solid CO/LOX Total Period Su 
Mission Area Time Period (low model) Time Period (medium model) Time Period (high model) Low Medium 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10Totals 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10Totals 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10Totals 
1 Scientific Exploration &Res 
FV1 0 0 0 0 0 
FV2 0 0 0 0 0 
FV3 0 0 0 0 0 
FV4 0 0 0 0 0 
FV5 0 0 0 0 0 
Totals: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
GS1 0 0 0 0 0 
GS2 0 0 0 0 0 
GS3 0 0 0 0 0 
GS4 0 0 0 0 0 
GS5 0 0 0 0 0 
Totals: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GRANT 07600-20/G-084 
11/9/99 
PHASE I 
ANALYSIS SENARIOS 
TO ASSESS COST/BENEFIT 
• MAV Replacement for Mars Sample Return Mission 
• Ballistic Surface Hopper, Assuming H/O, CO/O, CH4/O, 
C/O and Single Stage, 1870 Kg Payload, Fly to 500, 1000 
Km Distances 
• Rover/Transporter to 300 Km Distance Once Per Day, 
Using Fuel Cell or Brayton Cycle 
• Outpost Chemical Power Using Fuel Cell or Brayton 
Cycle and H/O, CO/O, CH4/O, CH3OH/O
GRANT 07600-20/G-084 
11/9/99 
MAV REPLACEMENT FOR MARS 
SAMPLE RETURN MISSION
GRANT 07600-20/G-084 
11/9/99 
TWO-STAGE TO ORBIT 
MARS ASCENT VEHICLE 
Propellant 
Combination 
Propulsion 
System 
Terrestrial 
Propellants 
Propellant 
Mass 
(kg) 
Dry Mass* 
(kg) 
GLOW 
(kg) 
ELM 
(kg) 
SCO/LOX Hybrid - 107.2 50.9 161.7 50.9 
SC/LOX Hybrid - 65.9 38.7 108.2 38.7 
SC-H2/LOX** Hybrid C, H2 56.3 36.0 95.9 53.3 
SC2H2/LOX Hybrid H2 40.4 31.0 75.0 32.1 
HTPB/LOX Hybrid HTPB 48.2 33.5 85.3 47.3 
LCH4/LOX Bi-Propellant H2 37.5 30.2 71.3 32.4 
CTPB binder Solid Solid 81.3 40.7 125.6 122.0 
Orbit: 600 km circular orbit, Payload: 3.6 kg 
*Dry mass does not include 3.6 kg payload 
**SC with 5% H2 additive by mass
GRANT 07600-20/G-084 
11/9/99 
ISRU-BASED ONE-WAY 
BALLISTIC SURFACE HOPPER
GRANT 07600-20/G-084 
11/9/99 
CHARACTERISTICS OF 
ONE-WAY HOPPER 
MISSIONS WITH POWERED LANDINGS 
Propellant 
Combination 
Propulsion 
System 
Terrestrial 
Propellants 
Distance 
(km) 
Propellant 
Mass (kg) 
Dry 
Mass (kg) 
GLOW 
(kg) 
ELM 
(kg) 
SCO/LOX Hybrid - 500 4040 2320 6360 0 
SC/LOX Hybrid - 500 3090 2220 5310 0 
LCH4/LOX Bi-Propellant H2 500 2160 2110 4270 129 
LH2/LOX Bi-Propellant H2, O2 500 1760 2070 3830 1760 
SCO/LOX Hybrid - 1000 8250 2790 11,040 0 
SC/LOX Hybrid - 1000 5770 2520 8290 0 
LCH4/LOX Bi-Propellant H2 1000 3690 2280 5970 220 
LH2/LOX Bi-Propellant H2, O2 1000 2900 2190 5090 2900 
Payload = 1870 kg and is included in GLOW, Vehicle Structural Mass Fraction = 0.1
GRANT 07600-20/G-084 
11/9/99 
ISRU-POWERED ROVER/ 
TRANSPORTER
GRANT 07600-20/G-084 
11/9/99 
FUEL NEEDS 
FOR A 300 KM, TEN-HOUR 
TURBINE-POWERED, ROVER MISSION 
•Rover Mass Kept Constant for all Fuels 
•Turbine Efficiency of 65% for all Fuels 
•100 kg Mass Penalty Assessed for Exhaust Recovery System 
•Payload of 1000 kg 
Fuel Type H2/O2 CH4/O2 CO/O2 
Fuel Use, Exhaust 
113* 154 (13*) 249 
Recovered (kg) 
Fuel Use, Exhaust 
Not Recovered 
(kg) 
104* 142 (12*) 223 
*Mass Supplied from Earth or Moon as Hydrogen
GRANT 07600-20/G-084 
11/9/99 
FUEL REQUIREMENTS FOR 
POWER ASSUMING 70% 
OVERALL EFFICIENCY 
4000 
3500 
3000 
2500 
2000 
1500 
1000 
500 
0 
0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 
Power Requirements (kWh/day) 
Fuel Mass (kg/day) 
CO/O2 
CH4/O2 
H2/O2 
)
11/9/99 CONCLUSIONS TO DATE 
GRANT 07600-20/G-084 
 ISRU Will be a Significant Benefit to the Mars Program 
 SCO/LOX Propellant System is likely good for Short Ballistic Hops and Wide Use in Ground Systems; Will 
Require Staging or Other Propellant Saving Measures for Large Orbital Operations 
 Improving Mass Fraction Helps Lower Performance Systems 
 Cryogenic Solid Grains Can Be Made and Stored in Mars Propellant Facilities 
 CH4/LOX Propellants Are Excellent for Large Orbital Operations 
 Carbon/LOX and Acetylene/LOX Hybrids Also Are Excellent for More Demanding Missions 
 H2/O2 Systems would be Best Suited for High-Performance Missions, If Mars Can Supply Water 
 Large Cargo Transport Best Accommodated by Ground Transport Vehicles; Ballistic Rocket Flight Makes 
Sense for High Priority Missions 
 O/F Choice Can Make a Significant Cost-Benefit Difference 
 For Ground-based Systems, Hydrogen or Metal Containing Exhaust Can and Should Be Recovered; CO2 Can 
Be Released 
 Consider Savings Attributed to Wings, Aeroshells, Parachutes, etc. 
 Likely Need Nuclear Power Systems in Many Sizes 
 The Analysis Approach is a Complex Problem 
 Need to Do a Reasonable Concept Design on Vehicles and Process Equipment to Arrive at Correct Answer

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Rice mars nov99

  • 1. 11/9/99 INTRODUCTION GRANT 07600-20/G-084 • Background and Assumptions • Advanced Concept Description • SCO/GOX Hybrid Testing • SCH4/GOX Hybrid Testing • Overall Study Approach • Mission Identification • Fuels/Oxidizers/Sources Considered • Propellant Processing Scenarios • Rocket Performance Calculations • Traffic Model Data Sheet • Phase I Scenarios • Conclusions To Date
  • 2. GRANT 07600-20/G-084 11/9/99 BACKGROUND AND ASSUMPTIONS • Purpose: To Enable Cost-Effective, In Situ Production and Uses of Mars Atmospheric- Derived Oxidizers and Fuels and to Guide Technology Development and Unique Hardware Development, Advanced Concept Development and System Analysis Efforts • Mars-produced Fuels and Oxidizers Will Enhance and/or Enable a Variety of Mars Exploration/Exploitation Missions by Providing a Very Cost-effective Supply of Propellants • Most Cost-Effective Martian Resource Is the Atmosphere (95% CO2), However, Mars Soil Can Also Provide other ISRU Species (Mg, Al, etc.) and Abundances (H2O) • Atmospheric CO2 Can Be Easily Processed and Converted to CO, C and O2 • Small Amount of H2O Can Be Converted to H2 and O2, and N2, and Ar Are Also Available from the Atmosphere -- with these Elements, There Are Many Propellant Combinations Possible
  • 3. GRANT 07600-20/G-084 11/9/99 BACKGROUND AND ASSUMPTIONS (CONT.) • Ground Transport Systems Include: Automated Unmanned Roving Vehicles, Personal Vehicles, Two-Person Unpressurized Rovers, Manned Pressurized Transport Rovers, and Larger Cargo Transports • Flight Vehicles Include: Mars Sample Return Vehicles, Unmanned and Manned Surface-To-Surface “Ballistic Hoppers”, Surface-To-Orbit Vehicles, Interplanetary Transport Vehicles, Powered Balloons, Winged Aerocraft, Single- Person Rocket Backpacks, and Single-Person Rocket Platforms • Auxiliary Power Systems Include: Brayton Cycle Turbines and Fuel Cells for Small Mars Outposts • Implementation of this Architecture Will Also Greatly Support Logistics & Base Operations by Providing a Reliable and Simple Way to Store Solar or Nuclear Generated Energy
  • 4. GRANT 07600-20/G-084 11/9/99 ADVANCED CONCEPT DESCRIPTION • It Is Believed That by Using the Baseline C/O System, in the Proper Fuel Form (CO Solid; C Solid) That Significant Economic Dividends Are Possible for Future Mars Base Activity • The Production of O and CO through Solid State Electrolysis Appears to Be Well in Hand by Dr. Sridhar of the University of Arizona -- Hardware Is Now Being Prepared to Fly to Mars for an ISRU Demonstration • ORBITEC Has Demonstrated Successful Hot Firings of Advanced Cryogenic Solid Hybrid Rocket Engines, Including: Solid CO, Solid H2, Solid O2, Solid CH4, and Solid C2H2 • CO Gas Can Be Directly and Quickly Frozen to a Solid Hybrid Fuel Grain Below the Triple Point Temperature (68 K) by Using Cooled LOX (With the Low Pressure of the Mars Atmosphere (4.5 To 11.4 Mm Hg, This Is Very Easy-@ 11.4 Mm LOX Will Be at 63 K, and @6 Mm LOX Will Be at 60 K) as the Freezing Fluid and Oxidizer in a Cryogenic Hybrid Engine • Focusing on the Innovative and Revolutionary Use of Solid CO and C as Fuels with LOX in Hybrid Rockets and Power System Applications, but Have Broadened Scope to Include: SCH4/LOX, LCH4/LOX, SC2H2/LOX, LH2/SOX, LH2/LOX, SH2-HEDM/LOX, Mg-Al/CO2 and other Secondary Derivative Propellants That May Have Significant Storability Advantages (e.g., H2O2, CH3OH)
  • 5. GRANT 07600-20/G-084 11/9/99 SCO/GOX HYBRID TESTING • ORBITEC Has Been Very Active in Developing Advanced Cryogenic Hybrid Rocket Technology and Has Been the Only Organization in the World that Has Test Fired Solid CO Hybrid • On January 29, 1998, ORBITEC Performed the First Ever Test Firing of a Solid CO/GOX Propellant Combination in the ORBITEC Mark-II Cryogenic Hybrid Rocket Engine • 100 Grams of Solid CO Was Frozen Onto the Inside of the Cylindrical Chamber of the Engine and LHe was Used to Freeze and Cool the CO for the Test • The Freezing Pressure Was on the Order of 1 Torr and the Freezing Process Took 29 Minutes • Based on Previous Experience, We Estimate that the CO Was Approximately 10 K Just Prior to the Test Firing • Three Tests Have Been Conducted to Date ORBITEC’s Mark II Cryogenic Hybrid Rocket Engine
  • 6. GRANT 07600-20/G-084 11/9/99 VIDEO IMAGE OF A SOLID CO GRAIN FORMED IN THE MARK II ENGINE AND FIRING
  • 7. GRANT 07600-20/G-084 11/9/99 SCO/GOX HYBRID FIRING RESULTS Variable Test 1 Test 2 Test 3 Burn Time (s) 9.72 11.61 12.95 Initial SCO Temp. (K) 10-20 10-20 10-20 Main O2 Flow (g/s) 6.0 6.0 4.0 Initial O2 Flux (g/cm2-s) 0.48 0.48 0.32 Avg. O2 Flux (g/cm2-s) 0.39 0.39 0.26 Avg. reg. rate (cm/s) 0.058 0.048 0.043 Avg. pc (psi) 70.9 67.3 51.5 Avg. O/F 0.57 0.70 0.51 C*exp (m/s) 1117.2 1172.1 1127 C*theo (m/s) 1342.6 1325.9 1332.8 C*eff 83.2% 88.4% 84.6%
  • 8. GRANT 07600-20/G-084 11/9/99 SUMMARY OF ORBITEC CRYOGENIC HYBRID REGRESSION RATE DATA SH2/GOX SOX/GH2: r = 0.24GO 0.47 SOX/GH2 - A Control: r = 0.097GO 0.33 SCH4/GOX: r = 0.29GO 0.77 SCH4-7.5% Al/GOX: r = 0.17GO 0.89 HTPB/GOX: r = 0.015GO 0.68 Ref.: R.A. Fredrick SOX/GH2 - B Control r = 0.17GO 0.22 1 0.1 0.01 0.001 0.001 0.01 0.1 1 10 100 Average Oxygen or Hydrogen Mass Flux (g/cm2 - sec) Average Regression Rate (cm/sec) SOX/GH2 SOX/GH2 - A Control SOX/GH2 - B Control SCH4/GOX SCH4-7.5% Al/GOX, singlet injector SCH4-15% Al/GOX, singlet injector SCH4-15% Al/GOX, showerhead inj. SCH4-30% Al/GOX, singlet injector SH2/GOX SC2H2/GOX HTPB/GOX SCO/GOX SC2H2/GOX SCO/GOX r=0.062Go 0.27
  • 9. GRANT 07600-20/G-084 11/9/99 PRESSURE-TIME AND O/F-TIME TRACES FOR SCO/GOX FIRINGS 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 -4 -2 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 Time (standard run seconds) Pressure (psia) Red-Line Shut Down Test 1 Test 3 Test 2 2 1.8 1.6 1.4 1.2 1 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 0 -4 -2 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 Time (standard run seconds) O/F Ratio Test 1 Test 3 Test 2 O/F=0.57 (stoich)
  • 10. GRANT 07600-20/G-084 11/9/99 CONCLUSIONS REACHED FROM FIRST SCO/GOX TESTS • SCO Can Be Easily Formed in a Solid Grain from the Gas Phase • Grain Appears Structurally Sound • No Indications of Grain Slipping During Burns Were Noticed • SCO Burns Very Well with GOX – It Has Been One of the Smoothest Burning Cryogenic Solids That ORBITEC Has Tested • Pressure Change with Time Was Primarily Due to the Increase in Area as the Grain Regressed; Some Contribution to the Increase in Grain Temperature Is Also Believed a Contributor • Optimum O/F Ratio Was Easily Achieved the First Time Tried • Tests Show Great Promise for the SCO/LOX Propellant Combination for Use as a Mars Sample Return and a Wide Variety of Mars Exploration Applications
  • 11. GRANT 07600-20/G-084 11/9/99 SCH4/GOX HYBRID PROPULSION TESTS • ORBITEC Has Also Completed Work to Design, Build, and Test a Solid Methane/GOX Hybrid Rocket Engine • Total of 24 Successful Test Firings Were Performed • Largest SCH4 Grain Fired Had a Mass of 120 g • Highest Steady Chamber Pressure Attained Was 240 Psia, and Highest Oxygen Mass Flow Rate Injected into the Engine Was 35 g/sec 200 150 100 50 0 -2 0 2 4 6 8 Time (standard run seconds) Chamber Pressure (psia) G30-H037 (60 g) G30-H038 (80 g) G30-H044 (100 g) 200 150 100 50 0 15 g/s 7.2 g/s 0 4 8 12 16 Time (standard run seconds) Pressure (psia) 3.6 g/s Pressure Curves for SCH4/GOX Firings, Showing Effect of Grain Size and Varying Oxygen Flow Rate
  • 12. GRANT 07600-20/G-084 11/9/99 OVERALL STUDY APPROACH Fuel/Oxidizer Scenarios Defined 1. Select Fuel/Oxidizer Combination 2. Determine Planetary Source 3. Develop Processing Scenario Vehicles/Systems Defined 1. Space Transport 2. Ground Transport 3. Auxiliary Power 4. Other Mission Model Development 1. Early Exploration 2. Low Exploitation 3. Medium Exploitation 4. High Exploitation Assignment of Vehicles/Systems to Missions Establishment of Vehicle/System Traffic/Use Model Cost/Benefit Model Analysis 1. Parametric Source Launch Cost 2. Recurring Cost 3. Recurring and Non- Recurring Cost Results Review & Sensitivity Study Consider Other Combinations to Lower Cost Further Develop More Efficient Fuel/ Oxidizer Families Final Recommendations for ISRU Fuel/Oxidizer Technology Development for Mars Exploration/Exploitation
  • 13. 11/9/99 MISSION IDENTIFICATION GRANT 07600-20/G-084 • Scientific Exploration & Research • Auxiliary Power/Emergency Power • Commercial Exploration • Live Support • Terraforming • Waste/Trash Management • Infrastructure Construction • Health Care/Maintenance • Agriculture/Farming • Virtual Travel Market • Manufacturing/Industrial Activities • Resource Mining • Weather/Environmental • Communications Navigation Services • Surveying/Mapping • Personal Transportation • Package/Mail Delivery/Package Delivery/Product Delivery/Food Delivery/Goods/Services/Cargo • Government Activity/Law Enforcement/Emergency Rescue/Response • Launch/Space Transport Satellite/Earth Cargo Launch/Space Transport
  • 14. GRANT 07600-20/G-084 11/9/99 EXAMPLE OF MISSION DEFINITION Mission Category: Scientific Exploration and Research Mission/Submission Scope? # of Crew/ Robotic Mission Duration Distance from Base (km) Travel Time Payload Mass (kg) Vehicle Type Required Past/Current Life on Mars – search for evidence of past life, geology of the planet, ice at poles or permafrost (tools, sample boxes, life support, rover, sample rocks/dust, measure seismic activity) 2/Robotic 2/Robotic 2/Robotic 1-5 days 1 day 3-7 days 4000 km 500 km 10,000 km Minutes Hours Minutes 300 300 300 Ballistic Flight Ground Ballistic Flight Meteorology – study/characterize atmosphere, dust storms, other weather Delivery Vehicle Phenomena (temperate, pressure, wind velocity, solar radiation, humidity) Recovery Vehicle Sounding Rocket Robotic Robotic Robotic 1 day 1 day < day 10,000 km 10,000 km ? altitude Minutes Minutes Minutes 10 10 2 Ballistic Flight Ballistic Flight Ballistic Flight Astronomy – any orbiting systems supplied from Earth - any ground-based systems located at base, so no requirement for transport Solar Monitoring – located at base, so no need for transport Other Science – study meteorites, characterize poles 2/Robotic 2/Robotic 2/Robotic 1-5 days 1 day 3-7 days 4000 km 500 km 10,000 km Minutes Hours Minutes 200 50 200 Ballistic Flight Ground Ballistic Flight Mars Moon Exploration (landing equipment, tools similar to the search for life/geology mission) 3/Robotic 1 week Moon Orbits Hours 100 Flight vehicle Mission to Asteroid Belt 3/Robotic Months Asteroid Belt Hours 100 Flight vehicle
  • 15. GRANT 07600-20/G-084 11/9/99 FUELS/OXIDERS/SOURCES CONSIDERED Source Space Transport Ground Transport Aerocraft Powered Fuel / Balloon Oxidizer Earth Mars Moon Solid Cryo - Hybrid Liquid Bi - Prop Brayton Fuel Cell Brayton Fuel Cell Brayton Fuel Cell CO / O2 C / O2 CH4 / O2 H H C2H2 / O2 H H CH3OH / H2O2 H H H2 / O2 H HO SOX CO2 / MgAl M
  • 16. GRANT 07600-20/G-084 11/9/99 PROPELLANT PROCESSING SCENARIOS 1. All Earth-Supplied Hydrogen and Oxygen 2. Earth-Supplied Hydrogen, Oxygen from the Mars Atmosphere 3. Moon-Supplied Hydrogen and Oxygen 4. All Mars-Supplied Hydrogen and Oxygen from H2O in the Atmosphere or Soil/Dust 5. Methane Made from Earth-Supplied Hydrogen, Carbon and Oxygen from Mars Atmosphere 6. Methane Made from Mars-Supplied Hydrogen, Carbon and Oxygen from Mars Atmosphere 7. CO and O Made from the Mars Atmosphere 8. C and O Made from the Mars Atmosphere 9. CO2 from the Mars Atmosphere and Metal from Mars Regolith
  • 17. GRANT 07600-20/G-084 11/9/99 PERFORMANCE CALCULATIONS FOR SELECTED PROPELLANTS • CEA Code Used to Calculate the Propellant Performances • Combinations Include: – SCO/LOX – C/LOX – SCH4/LOX – SC2H2/LOX – LH2/LOX – CH3OH/H2O2 – Mg/CO2
  • 18. 11/9/99 SCO/LOX GRANT 07600-20/G-084 300 280 260 240 220 200 180 160 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 O/F Ratio Specific Impulse (sec) 500 psia, 100:1 exp. to vac 100 psia, 20:1 exp. to vac 500 psia, 100:1 exp. to 10 torr 100 psia, 20:1 exp. to 10 torr
  • 19. GRANT 07600-20/G-084 11/9/99 CARBON/LOX 340 330 320 310 300 290 280 270 260 250 240 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 O/F Ratio Specific Impulse (sec) 500 psia, 100:1 exp. to vac 100 psia, 20:1 exp. to vac 500 psia, 100:1 exp. to 10 torr 100 psia, 20:1 exp. to 10 torr
  • 20. 11/9/99 SCH4/LOX GRANT 07600-20/G-084 410 400 390 380 370 360 350 340 330 320 310 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 O/F Ratio Specific Impulse (sec) 500 psia, 100:1 exp. to vac 100 psia, 20:1 exp. to vac 500 psia, 100:1 exp. to 10 torr 100 psia, 20:1 exp. to 10 torr
  • 21. 11/9/99 LH2/LOX GRANT 07600-20/G-084 460 440 420 400 380 360 340 320 300 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 O/F Ratio Specific Impulse (sec) 500 psia, 100:1 exp. to vac 100 psia, 20:1 exp. to vac 500 psia, 100:1 exp. to 10 torr 100 psia, 20:1 exp. to 10 torr
  • 22. 11/9/99 SC2H2/LOX GRANT 07600-20/G-084 410 400 390 380 370 360 350 340 330 320 310 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5 O/F Ratio Specific Impulse (sec) 500 psia, 100:1 exp. to vac 100 psia, 20:1 exp. to vac 500 psia, 100:1 exp. to 10 torr 100 psia, 20:1 exp. to 10 torr
  • 23. 11/9/99 CH3OH/H2O2 GRANT 07600-20/G-084 360 350 340 330 320 310 300 290 280 270 260 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 O/F Ratio Specific Impulse (sec) 500 psia, 100:1 exp. to vac 100 psia, 20:1 exp. to vac 500 psia, 100:1 exp. to 10 torr 100 psia, 20:1 exp. to 10 torr
  • 24. 11/9/99 Mg/CO2 GRANT 07600-20/G-084 240 230 220 210 200 190 180 170 160 150 140 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 O/F Ratio Specific Impulse (sec) 500 psia, 100:1 exp. to vac 100 psia, 20:1 exp. to vac 500 psia, 100:1 exp. to 10 torr 100 psia, 20:1 exp. to 10 torr
  • 25. GRANT 07600-20/G-084 11/9/99 TRAFFIC MODEL DATA SHEET EXAMPLE [Note: each period represents 5 years] Propellant: Solid CO/LOX Total Period Su Mission Area Time Period (low model) Time Period (medium model) Time Period (high model) Low Medium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10Totals 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10Totals 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10Totals 1 Scientific Exploration &Res FV1 0 0 0 0 0 FV2 0 0 0 0 0 FV3 0 0 0 0 0 FV4 0 0 0 0 0 FV5 0 0 0 0 0 Totals: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 GS1 0 0 0 0 0 GS2 0 0 0 0 0 GS3 0 0 0 0 0 GS4 0 0 0 0 0 GS5 0 0 0 0 0 Totals: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  • 26. GRANT 07600-20/G-084 11/9/99 PHASE I ANALYSIS SENARIOS TO ASSESS COST/BENEFIT • MAV Replacement for Mars Sample Return Mission • Ballistic Surface Hopper, Assuming H/O, CO/O, CH4/O, C/O and Single Stage, 1870 Kg Payload, Fly to 500, 1000 Km Distances • Rover/Transporter to 300 Km Distance Once Per Day, Using Fuel Cell or Brayton Cycle • Outpost Chemical Power Using Fuel Cell or Brayton Cycle and H/O, CO/O, CH4/O, CH3OH/O
  • 27. GRANT 07600-20/G-084 11/9/99 MAV REPLACEMENT FOR MARS SAMPLE RETURN MISSION
  • 28. GRANT 07600-20/G-084 11/9/99 TWO-STAGE TO ORBIT MARS ASCENT VEHICLE Propellant Combination Propulsion System Terrestrial Propellants Propellant Mass (kg) Dry Mass* (kg) GLOW (kg) ELM (kg) SCO/LOX Hybrid - 107.2 50.9 161.7 50.9 SC/LOX Hybrid - 65.9 38.7 108.2 38.7 SC-H2/LOX** Hybrid C, H2 56.3 36.0 95.9 53.3 SC2H2/LOX Hybrid H2 40.4 31.0 75.0 32.1 HTPB/LOX Hybrid HTPB 48.2 33.5 85.3 47.3 LCH4/LOX Bi-Propellant H2 37.5 30.2 71.3 32.4 CTPB binder Solid Solid 81.3 40.7 125.6 122.0 Orbit: 600 km circular orbit, Payload: 3.6 kg *Dry mass does not include 3.6 kg payload **SC with 5% H2 additive by mass
  • 29. GRANT 07600-20/G-084 11/9/99 ISRU-BASED ONE-WAY BALLISTIC SURFACE HOPPER
  • 30. GRANT 07600-20/G-084 11/9/99 CHARACTERISTICS OF ONE-WAY HOPPER MISSIONS WITH POWERED LANDINGS Propellant Combination Propulsion System Terrestrial Propellants Distance (km) Propellant Mass (kg) Dry Mass (kg) GLOW (kg) ELM (kg) SCO/LOX Hybrid - 500 4040 2320 6360 0 SC/LOX Hybrid - 500 3090 2220 5310 0 LCH4/LOX Bi-Propellant H2 500 2160 2110 4270 129 LH2/LOX Bi-Propellant H2, O2 500 1760 2070 3830 1760 SCO/LOX Hybrid - 1000 8250 2790 11,040 0 SC/LOX Hybrid - 1000 5770 2520 8290 0 LCH4/LOX Bi-Propellant H2 1000 3690 2280 5970 220 LH2/LOX Bi-Propellant H2, O2 1000 2900 2190 5090 2900 Payload = 1870 kg and is included in GLOW, Vehicle Structural Mass Fraction = 0.1
  • 31. GRANT 07600-20/G-084 11/9/99 ISRU-POWERED ROVER/ TRANSPORTER
  • 32. GRANT 07600-20/G-084 11/9/99 FUEL NEEDS FOR A 300 KM, TEN-HOUR TURBINE-POWERED, ROVER MISSION •Rover Mass Kept Constant for all Fuels •Turbine Efficiency of 65% for all Fuels •100 kg Mass Penalty Assessed for Exhaust Recovery System •Payload of 1000 kg Fuel Type H2/O2 CH4/O2 CO/O2 Fuel Use, Exhaust 113* 154 (13*) 249 Recovered (kg) Fuel Use, Exhaust Not Recovered (kg) 104* 142 (12*) 223 *Mass Supplied from Earth or Moon as Hydrogen
  • 33. GRANT 07600-20/G-084 11/9/99 FUEL REQUIREMENTS FOR POWER ASSUMING 70% OVERALL EFFICIENCY 4000 3500 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 500 0 0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 Power Requirements (kWh/day) Fuel Mass (kg/day) CO/O2 CH4/O2 H2/O2 )
  • 34. 11/9/99 CONCLUSIONS TO DATE GRANT 07600-20/G-084 ISRU Will be a Significant Benefit to the Mars Program SCO/LOX Propellant System is likely good for Short Ballistic Hops and Wide Use in Ground Systems; Will Require Staging or Other Propellant Saving Measures for Large Orbital Operations Improving Mass Fraction Helps Lower Performance Systems Cryogenic Solid Grains Can Be Made and Stored in Mars Propellant Facilities CH4/LOX Propellants Are Excellent for Large Orbital Operations Carbon/LOX and Acetylene/LOX Hybrids Also Are Excellent for More Demanding Missions H2/O2 Systems would be Best Suited for High-Performance Missions, If Mars Can Supply Water Large Cargo Transport Best Accommodated by Ground Transport Vehicles; Ballistic Rocket Flight Makes Sense for High Priority Missions O/F Choice Can Make a Significant Cost-Benefit Difference For Ground-based Systems, Hydrogen or Metal Containing Exhaust Can and Should Be Recovered; CO2 Can Be Released Consider Savings Attributed to Wings, Aeroshells, Parachutes, etc. Likely Need Nuclear Power Systems in Many Sizes The Analysis Approach is a Complex Problem Need to Do a Reasonable Concept Design on Vehicles and Process Equipment to Arrive at Correct Answer