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Jun 21 2011, 04:35 PM
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Nov 10 2011, 11:06 PM
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A question: what is the purpose of the white circumferential panels on the cruise stage?
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Nov 11 2011, 12:13 AM
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A question: what is the purpose of the white circumferential panels on the cruise stage? Radiators. As with Pathfinder, Spirit and Opportunity - the avionics within the aeroshell generate heat. With MSL, they generate a lot of heat as it includes the RTG. Freon cooling loops go around the rover, out thru the aeroshell into the cruise stage and out to the radiators where that heat is rejected into space. If you look at the MSL fairing - you can see a ring of small cooling ducts that will be wafting those radiators with air before launch. Doug |
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