TITLE:
MARSZUG—A Space Train for Regular Delivery of Astronauts onto Mars
AUTHORS:
Alexander Rubinraut
KEYWORDS:
Mars, MARS-K Combined Propulsion System MARS-K, Superconductive Magnetoplasma Electrorocket Engine, Takeoff-Landing Capsule, Space Refueler
JOURNAL NAME:
Advances in Aerospace Science and Technology,
Vol.6 No.2,
June
4,
2021
ABSTRACT: A
project of the space train MARSZUG intended for regular delivery of astronauts
to Mars is considered. In the first stage of the flight, the astronauts with
the help of the carrier rocket equipped with a chemical rocket engine are
delivered to the international space station (ISS). To deliver astronauts from
Earth’s orbit to Mars orbit, a space train design consisting of two rockets,
which have superconductive magnetoplasma electric engine MARS, has been
developed. For the first time, a combined propulsion system MARS-M has been
developed for the train movement, allowing carrying
out the pitching, yaw and rotation of the rocket. This greatly simplifies the
rocket control system and increases its reliability. The energy source of the
electric engines is a sliding solar panel made of gallium arsenide. Working
substance to create reactive thrust of electrorocket engines—hydrogen is stored
in a liquid state in the cryogenic tank located along the longitudinal axis of
the rocket. In the nasal part of the front electric rocket, a shaft rotating in
a superconductive bearing is located. The shaft has a cylindrical nozzle, on
which with the help of docking units two takeoff-landing capsules TLC-1 and
TLC-2 are installed with which help landing and takeoff from the surface of
Mars is carried out. This allows astronauts to constantly stay during the
flight under the influence of gravity. To refuel the space train with liquid
hydrogen in the orbit of Mars, the design of a space refueler with a chemical
rocket engine is developed. The developed space train is able to regularly
deliver astronauts to the surface near the northern pole of Mars.