Terrestrial planet sample return missions using solar sail propulsion

Physics & Astronomy

• asteroids 27%
• inclination 11%
• mars 14%
• payloads 13%
• performance 5%
• propulsion 67%
• sails 52%
• sample return missions 100%
• solar sails 90%
• terrestrial planets 80%
• trajectory analysis 18%
• Venus (planet) 15%

Engineering & Materials Science

• Asteroids 77%
• Earth (planet) 24%
• Planets 69%
• Propulsion 54%
• Solar sails 86%
• Trajectories 20%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• asteroid 25%
• customs 12%
• energy 5%
• ice ridge 78%
• Mars 11%
• mercury 9%
• planet 53%
• program 6%
• timescale 8%
• trajectory 9%
• Venus 13%