| Title: | A minimal chipsat interstellar mission: technology and mission architecture : Mars colony concept design |
| Authors: | Wenjing Hu, Author |
| Material Type: | ISU Individual Project |
| Publisher: | Illkirch-Graffenstaden (France) : International Space University, 2018 |
| Format: | 1 electronic resource (viii, 39 p.) / col. ill. |
| Bibliography note: | Includes bibliographical references |
| Languages: | English |
| Description: | This report assesses the feasibility of a ChipSat for a particular application, namely an interstellar mission to the closest star, Proxima Centauri, in a reasonable timeframe. The ChipSat, equipped with a solar sail or another propulsion system, would escape the Solar System, travel to the target and send back a telemetry signal. This study aims to demonstrate the great effectiveness of ChipSats and to suggest an adequate interstellar mission architecture enhancing their peculiar features trying, at the same time, to overcome their well-known weaknesses, such as low power availability and poor communication capabilities. |
| ISU program : | Master of Space Studies |
| Format : | Online |
| Permalink: | https://isulibrary.isunet.edu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=10410 |
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