Plans for human missions to Mars continue to go through several architectural changes, dating all the way back to the 1950s. The continuous study, reformulation, and refinement of Mars architectures and system concepts is necessary in order to incorporate evolving mission objectives, technology advancements, and growth in the body of knowledge regarding human factors and the various environments of human space travel. This evolution has continued into the 21st century. Despite the breadth and depth of these studies, impacts due to several key design parameters relevant to the entry, descent, landing, and ascent (EDLA) systems have remained nebulous. This study quantified sensitivities to the EDLA system as a result of these design parameters. Results indicate up to +2% to -4% mass variation from the current baseline Mars Ascent Vehicle concept. Variations in the descent system due to landing site were much more significant with mass variations in the range of -15% to +30% around the current baseline Mars Descent System concept. System sensitivities to dust were much less pronounced, with ascent systems showing roughly a -0.6% to + 0.4% mass variations from the baseline Mars Ascent Vehicle, while the Mars Descent System saw a greater variations due to dust, roughly -4% to +6% around the baseline concept.


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    Titel :

    Mars Entry, Descent, Landing, and Ascent Systems Sensitivities to Landing Site and Atmospheric Dust


    Beteiligte:
    D. J. Trent (Autor:in) / H. D. Thomas (Autor:in) / J. A. Samareh (Autor:in) / A. M. D. Cianciolo (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2021


    Format / Umfang :

    12 pages


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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