NASA senior management commissioned the Entry, Descent and Landing Systems Analysis (EDL-SA) Study in 2008 to identify and roadmap Entry, Descent and Landing (EDL) technology investments needed to develop technologies to successfully land large payloads at Mars for both robotic and human-scale missions. This report summarizes the work the Mars Science Laboratory Improvement (MSL-I) team carried out as part of Phase 2 of the study in 2010. The MSL-I study assessed seven Mars EDL technologies selected for their near-term potential to incrementally improve the performance of the Mars Science Laboratory EDL system. The assessment was made based on landed mass performance, mechanical implementation, cost, risk and cross-cutting applicability.


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    Title :

    Entry, Descent and Landing Systems Analysis Study: Phase 2 Report on Mars Science Laboratory Improvement


    Contributors:
    M. C. Ivanov (author) / E. M. Blood (author) / B. T. Cook (author) / L. R. Giersch (author) / M. R. Grover (author)

    Publication date :

    2011


    Size :

    44 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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