A potential interference problem for the Viking '75 scientific investigation of the Martian surface resulting from retrorocket exhaust plume impingement of the surface was investigated experimentally and analytically. It was discovered that the conventional bell nozzle originally planned for the Viking Lander retrorockets would produce an unacceptably large amount of physical disturbance to the landing site. An experimental program was subsequently undertaken to find and/or develop a nozzle configuration which would significantly reduce the site alteration. A multiple nozzle configuration, consisting of 18 small bell nozzles, was shown to produce a level of disturbance that was considered by the Viking Lander Science Teams to be acceptable on the basis of results from full-scale tests on simulated Martian soils.


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    Titel :

    Site alteration effects from rocket exhaust impingment during a simulated Viking Mars landing. Part 1: Nozzle development and physical site alternation


    Beteiligte:
    Romine, G. L. (Autor:in) / Reisert, T. D. (Autor:in) / Gliozzi, J. (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1973-07-01


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch


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