The Space Congress® Proceedings 1968 (5th) The Challenge of the 1970's Apr 1st, 8:00 AM Experiment Payloads for Manned Encounter Missions to Mars and Venus W. B. Thompson Belle omm 3 Inc. Washington, D. C. J. E. Volonte Belle omm 3 Inc. Washington, D. C. Follow this and additional works at: https://commons.erau.edu/space-congress-proceedings Scholarly Commons Citation Thompson, W. B. and Volonte, J. E., "Experiment Payloads for Manned Encounter Missions to Mars and Venus" (1968). The Space Congress® Proceedings. 1. https://commons.erau.edu/space-congress-proceedings/proceedings-1968-5th/session-10/1 This Event is brought to you for free and open access by the Conferences at Scholarly Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Space Congress® Proceedings by an authorized administrator of Scholarly Commons. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. EXPERIMENT PAYLOADS FOR MANNED ENCOUNTER MISSIONS TO MARS AND VENUS W. B. Thompson J. E. Volonte Belle omm 3 Inc. Washington, D. C. Summary Trajectory opportunities have been Mariner flyby probes through possible manned identified for free return manned flyby, Mars landings in the 1980 f s are being or encounter, missions to Mars and Venus. studied. It appears that a planetary Using Saturn V launch vehicle technology program covering that spectrum of mis and assuming the development of a manned sions could achieve many of the scienti planetary spacecraft with two year capa fic, technological and national prestige bility, missions to these planets with objectives associated with one of the experiment payloads of 50,000 Ibs are major goals of our national space program— possible.