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Mission Planning

Radiation Protection Asteroid Impact Mitigation Crew Training Lunar Exploration Crewed Spaceflight Sample Return Missions Private Space Missions Propulsion Systems Satellite Operations Orbital Mechanics Crewed Missions Reentry Trajectories Health Monitoring Systems Crewed Space Missions

Study Maps 153- and 226-Day Round-Trip Paths Between Earth and Mars

The extreme energy needs push the solution toward nuclear thermal propulsion.