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Radioisotope Power Systems for In-situ Exploration of Titan and VenusThis viewgraph presentation reviews the timeline for the robotic in situ investigation of Titan and Venus, and the use of radioisotope power systems in this exploration. The atmospheric and surface conditions of both sites are reviewed. The presentation also examines the conceptual design of the Venus Mobile Explorer and the Titan orbiter and in situ explorer. After this the presentation reviews the radioisotope power systems for each of the vehicles, with some explanation of the different requirements based on the vastly different environments that they would be investigating
Document ID
20060051701
Acquisition Source
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Document Type
Preprint (Draft being sent to journal)
External Source(s)
hdl:2014/39757
Authors
Balint, Tibor S. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 23, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 2006
Subject Category
Spacecraft Propulsion And Power
Meeting Information
Meeting: 4th International Planetary Probe Workshop
Location: Pasadena, CA
Country: United States
Start Date: June 27, 2006
End Date: June 30, 2006
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other
Keywords
mission concepts
extreme environments

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