Parking orbit selection for mars aerocapture-entry systems

Physics & Astronomy

• aerocapture 100%
• parking orbits 100%
• mars 64%
• entry 58%
• thermal protection 25%
• tradeoffs 21%
• landing 12%
• descent 11%
• propellants 10%
• vehicles 8%
• trajectories 7%
• orbits 6%
• heat 5%
• energy 5%
• pulses 4%

Engineering & Materials Science

• Parking 58%
• Orbits 47%
• Hot Temperature 19%
• Propellants 14%
• Landing 13%
• Trajectories 9%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• parking 67%
• protection system 34%
• propellant 16%
• energy 13%
• trajectory 10%
• effect 6%
• analysis 3%