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Computation of Optimal Earth-Mars and Earth-Venus Trajectories |
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| Authors: | Powers WF Yoshimura S |
| Institution: | Department of Aerospace Engineering University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI 48109; |
| Abstract: | Accurate solutions of minimal time Earth-Mars and Earth-Venus heliocentric trajectories are calculated with a shooting-Newton method. The flight times are less and the steering histories are diferent than those presented in 1], thus contradicting the optimality claims in 1]. |
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