Solar Warning Architecture for Manned Missions to Mars
Bohren, James S.![Solar Warning Architecture for Manned Missions to Mars](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/161/16147422/CHSBZCOP0316147422.jpg)
Solar radiation storms represent a dire threat to manned interplanetary space travel. Earth's current solar forecasting architecture is Earth-focused and insufficient to provide timely warnings to a manned mission to Mars, therefore a "best value" solar warning architecture must be identified. A total of 14 solar warning architectures were developed by varying 5 solar sensor locations, 2 processing locations, and 2 communications strategies. U...