Aerodynamic Analysis of a Manned Space Vehicle for Missions to Mars

Table 2

Reactions mechanism and rate parameters.

Reaction	Third body M	Ar (cm^3 mol^-1 s^-1)	β r	Td (K)
CO2 + M→CO + O + M	CO2, CO, N2, O2, NO	6.9 × 10^21	−1.5	63275
	Ar	6.9 × 10^20
	C, N, O	1.4 × 10^22
CO + M→C + O + M	CO2, CO, N2, O2, NO	2.3 × 10^20	−1.0	129000
	Ar	2.3 × 10^19
	C, N, O	3.4 × 10^20
N2 + M→N + N + M	CO2, CO, N2, O2, NO	7.0 × 10^21	−1.6	113200
	Ar	7.0 × 10^21
	C, N, O	3.0 × 10^22
O2 + M→O + O + M	CO2, CO, N2, O2, NO	2.0 × 10^21	−1.5	59750
	Ar	3.0 × 10^21
	C, N, O	3.0 × 10^22
NO + M→N + O + M	CO2, C, N, O, NO	1.1 × 10^17	0.0	75500
	Ar	5.0 × 10^15
	CO, N2, O2	5.0 × 10^15
C2 + M→C + C + M	All	2.0 × 10^21	−1.5	59750
NCO + M→CO + N + M	All	6.3 × 10^16	−0.5	24000
NO + O→N + O2		8.4 × 10^12	0.0	19450
N2 + O→NO + N		6.4 × 10^17	−1.0	38370
CO + O→C + O2		3.9 × 10^13	−0.18	69200
CO2 + O→CO + O2		2.1 × 10^13	0.00	27800