THE PROPOSED RESEARCH WILL APPLY LOW-THRUST CONTROL TO A RECENTLY DEVELOPED METHODOLOGY FOR PRELIMINARY LOW-ENERGY TRAJECTORY DESIGN WHICH PATCHES TOGETHER PERIODIC ORBITS IN THE RESTRICTED 3-BODY PROBLEM TO BUILD A TRAJECTORY. THE ADDITION OF LOW-THRUST SEGMENTS TO INDIVIDUAL PERIODIC ORBITS WILL BE EXAMINED TO SEE WHAT NEW CONNECTIONS APPEAR WITH ADJACENT PERIODIC ORBITS. THESE CONNECTIONS WILL LEVERAGED TO CONSTRUCT NEW PATHWAYS FOR CISLUNAR TRANSFERS AND PLANETARY MOON TOURS. ANALYSIS WILL BE PERFORMED USING THE ODYSSEY TOOL FROM UT AUSTIN S SPACE TRAJECTORY COMPUTATION LAB AND RESULTS WILL BE USED AS INITIAL GUESSES FOR HIGHER-FIDELITY NASA SOFTWARE SUCH AS MYSTIC OR COPERNICUS.
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