Preliminary Mission and System Design for C-One

This chapter brings the basic technology discussed previously to life by applying it to an unmanned mission to Ceres, C-One. The mission aims to transport a 30 t payload from low Earth orbit to the surface of Ceres and land it smoothly, with a mission duration of no more than five years, preferably three. This ambitious mission requires the use of almost all the technologies discussed earlier, serving as an instructive case study of how these technologies integrate to design a comprehensive system.