New path solves two dilemmas in front of the biggest Mars missions

Reach a world mathematics to invent a new path to travel to Mars is expected to solve the larger dimensions make two dilemmas without the arrival of humans to the planet, namely the cost of the trip and the fact that they can not only take place once every two years.

And requires the use of the current path of a huge amount of fuel, and it can not be done only one trip every 26 months, so when the line up planet Earth and Mars appropriate way.

But the new route, which work by mathematicians Francisco Topoto and Edward Balbruno of Astronomical Sciences Department of Physics at Princeton University in the state of New Jersey, US, Mars movement exploits, including helping to solve the previous two dilemmas.

And require new process fling spacecraft in orbit is similar to orbit Mars to fly in front of the planet a process called "capture ballistic", instead of the way, "Hohmann" travel currently used, under which the spacecraft is directed to a specific place in the orbit of Mars and meet it.

The two technologies cost a same amount of fuel in the boot process and during the trip, but the precious fuel combustion to reduce vehicle speed and directed Upon arrival at Mars is reduced significantly up to 25%.

This percentage in the low fuel consumption will reduce costs and will make the spacecraft lighter, and therefore less expensive also in the process of taking off.

But what is wrong with the new path that the trip takes an additional two months for the duration of the trip according to the current route, which was originally a six-month period.