LostCosmonaut Posted November 16, 2015 Report Share Posted November 16, 2015 This thread is for discussing distant-future missions to planetary targets other than Mars. The most well known are proposals for manned Venus missions during the Cold War.Manned Venus Flyby Proposal (1967) Manned Venus Orbiting Mission High Altitude Venus Operations Concept Proposed NASA missions from this time period would likely have used Apollo hardware, while Soviet plans were contingent upon development of a heavy lifter in the N1/UR-700 class. There's been some investigation into manned missions to other planets, but not as much. Here's a bit about a manned Mercury mission. Manned missions to Jupiter and Saturn were discussed as far back as the 1960s in conjunction with the Orion Project. Main challenges here include the long duration of the spaceflight, and radiation issues. This is especially true around Jupiter, where anything inboard of Callisto will fry you in short order. Crewed Mission to Callisto However, there are some very attractive targets, especially around Saturn. Titan and Enceladus spring to mind. Titan and Europa Mission Summary Even less has been said about exploring the outer gas giants, though there are at least a few people thinking about it: http://www.centauri-dreams.org/?p=12778 LoooSeR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostCosmonaut Posted November 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2015 Here's a site that lists launch windows to various planets, including Mercury, Venus, and Jupiter. Also shows delta-V and trip time. Travel time to Mercury turned out to be a bit shorter than I thought it would be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostCosmonaut Posted November 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2015 I update my blag. Planning on making a multi-part series on a hypothetical manned Mercury mission (name suggestions?). Probably going to do trajectory planning next. Donward and LoooSeR 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostCosmonaut Posted December 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2015 Manned Mercury Mission Part 01 Manned Mercury Mission Part 02a Manned Mercury Mission Part 02b - coming soon(?) Manned Mercury Mission Part 03 - coming later(?) I'll add the rest of the relevant blog entries to this post as I complete them. LoooSeR and Belesarius 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturgeon Posted December 14, 2015 Report Share Posted December 14, 2015 Your equation images don't show up so good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xthetenth Posted December 15, 2015 Report Share Posted December 15, 2015 (name suggestions?) Daedalus. Bonus points if it spits a probe out to go melt in Venus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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