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A few example missions are studied in this section. They include a very simple mission based on, a more complex mission also based on, a very similar mission based on, an mission, and an mission. The chapter concludes with an example regarding a very advanced mission, using a light and powerful nuclear generator. They are all long, but their durations depend on the type of propulsion employed.
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This evaluation is more optimistic than that in Figure 6.22.
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Genta, G. (2017). Example missions. In: Next Stop Mars. Springer Praxis Books(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44311-9_13
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