MSL FAQ - The pool of questions |
MSL FAQ - The pool of questions |
Jun 1 2007, 03:11 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14434 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
Rob Manning and I swopped emails last night - and we think it might make sense to pool all the questions people have about MSL (and specifically MSL's EDL ) into one thread - and then answer as many as make sense either via a Q'n'A in the style of the previous ones I've done with Steve and Jim - or via Rob's typing fingers.
It'll be a few weeks till we sort this out - but submit-away until then Doug |
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Jun 21 2007, 10:50 AM
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Dublin Correspondent Group: Admin Posts: 1799 Joined: 28-March 05 From: Celbridge, Ireland Member No.: 220 |
An RTG of the type MSL will use costs in the region of $50-$75m. The plutonium itself costs about $3k-$4k per gramme and MSL's unit will get about 4kg to produce around 110w of continuous power. So to answer your question most of the cost is elsewhere although the RTG isn't cheap.
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Jun 22 2007, 02:35 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 321 Joined: 6-April 06 From: Cape Canaveral Member No.: 734 |
An RTG of the type MSL will use costs in the region of $50-$75m. The plutonium itself costs about $3k-$4k per gramme and MSL's unit will get about 4kg to produce around 110w of continuous power. So to answer your question most of the cost is elsewhere although the RTG isn't cheap. Actually there are more costs due to the MMRTG. 1. MSL is contributing money for the development of it 2. There are launch vehicle mods 3. there are launch approval costs 4. there are launch processing costs |
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