Manned Mars Landing: Presentation to the Space Task Group - 1969

By Wernher von Braun

Two weeks after the Moon landing, Werner von Braun presented to the NASA Space Task Group this rare document with detailed coloured images, regarding the forthcoming exploration of planets. The document proves how the renowned rocket scientist was conceptually and technically ahead of his time.
The information presented here describes a method of landing men on the planet Mars in 1982. The scientific goals of the mission are described and the key decision dates are identified. The unmanned planetary missions described in Part I are critical to the final designs selected.
The 1981 manned Mars mission (1982 landing on Mars) is shown as an integral part of the total space program for the next two decades. The systems and experience resulting from the Apollo program and the missions proposed for the 1970's provide the technical and programmatic foundation for this undertaking. A 1982 manned Mars landing is a logical focus for the programs of the next decade.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Wernher von Braun
• Release date: Jul 24, 2022
• ISBN: 9781005172299

Wernher von Braun

Wernher von Braun (23 March 1912 – 16 June 1977) was a German aerospace engineer and space architect, which achieved American citizenship after his transferral in the United States. He was the leading figure in the development of rocket technology in Germany and a pioneer of rocket and space technology in the USA.As a young man, von Braun helped design and co-developed the V-2 rocket at Peenemünde during World War II. Following the war, he was secretly moved to the United States, along with about 1,600 other German scientists, engineers, and technicians, as part of Operation Paperclip.He worked for the United States Army on an intermediate-range ballistic missile program, and he developed the rockets that launched the United States' first space satellite Explorer 1 in 1958. He also worked with Walt Disney on a series of films, which popularized the idea of human space travel and beyond, between 1955 and 1957.In 1960, his group was assimilated into NASA, where he served as Director of the newly formed "Marshall Space Flight Center" and as the chief architect of the "Saturn V" super heavy-lift launch vehicle that propelled the Apollo spacecraft to the Moon. In 1967, von Braun was inducted into the National Academy of Engineering, and in 1975, he received the "National Medal of Science".Von Braun is widely seen as either the "father of space travel","father of rocket science" or "father of the American lunar program". He also advocated a human mission to Mars and was a prolific writer regarding his reserch and studies.

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MANNED MARS LANDING

PRESENTATION TO THE SPACE TASK GROUP

BY

DR. WERNHER von BRAUN

AUGUST 4, 1969

From the original rare document by von Braun presented to the NASA Space Task Group, two weeks after the Moon landing

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Manned Mars Landing. Presentation to the Space Task Group

August 4, 1969

Werner von Braun

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ISBN: 9781005172299

Cover: Landing on Mars by W. von Braun

CONTENTS

INTEGRATED PROGRAM

1981 MARS LANDING MISSION PROFILE

EARTH ORBIT DEPARTURE

EARTH ORBIT DEPARTURE MANEUVERS

MISSION WEIGHT HISTORY

EN ROUTE SPACECRAFT CONFIGURATION

EN ROUTE SPACECRAFT CONFIGURATION

MARS ARRIVAL

MARS SURFACE SAMPLE RETURN

MARS SURFACE EXCURSION

MARS EXCURSION MODULE CONFIGURATION

MARS SURFACE ACTIVITY

SCIENTIFIC OBJECTIVES -MANNED MARS LANDING MISSION

ASCENT FROM MARS SURFACE TO MARS ORBIT

MARS DEPARTURE

RELEASE VENUS PROBES

EARTH RETURN

EARTH LAUNCH AND ORBITAL ASSEMBLY

LONG RANGE PLANNING SCHEDULE

LONG RANGE PLAN FUNDING

SPACE AND THE GNP

MAJOR SCHEDULE MlLESTONES

1982 MANNED MARS LANDING

INTEGRATED PROGRAM LOGIC

INTEGRATED PROGRAM 1970-1990

INTEGRATED PLAN 1970-1990

INTEGRATED PROGRAM

With the recent accomplishment of the manned lunar landing, the next frontier is manned exploration of the planets. Perhaps the most significant scientific question is the possibility of extraterrestrial life in