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 Mar 18 2010, 08:25 AM
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In case anyone doesn't know the 22nd MEPAG meeting is going on March 17th and 18th.
On the presentations posted for the first day there is one titled "Mars Sample Return (three element architecture)." On the 5th slide it states that during to the "Team X" study, the aeroshell was increased in diameter from 4.5m to 4.7m in order to accommodate both MAX-C and ExoMars together. I took a look at the specifications for the Atlas 5 launch vehicle and found on page 6-4 and 6-21 that the maximum diameter of the payload bay was 4.572m. Is it possible to fit a 4.7m aeroshell in a 4.572m payload bay? I know this mission is still in the early planning stage and that these numbers should be taken with a huge grain of salt; but this looks like a pretty big oversight.  |
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briv1016 MAX-C/ExoMars Mar 18 2010, 08:25 AM
Astro0 A brief Google search found this http://www.spacel... Mar 18 2010, 09:01 AM briv1016 I'm not seeing where you're getting this 5... Mar 18 2010, 09:32 AM Astro0 Sorry briv, there are a few other references that ... Mar 18 2010, 10:06 AM briv1016 Will first off, I think the 25mm is from the inner... Mar 18 2010, 10:19 AM Astro0 Thanks for the reference to that Atlas V document.... Mar 18 2010, 11:02 AM briv1016 Here's the source.
http://www.ulalaunch.com/s... Mar 18 2010, 11:26 AM djellison Note this phrase
" launched on Atlas V 531 c... Mar 18 2010, 11:44 AM
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Falcon 9 (as fa... Mar 22 2010, 09:51 AM djellison Direct from the SpaceX Falcon 9 website
"Cust... Mar 22 2010, 11:10 AM peter59 Maybe I'm an incurable skeptic, but this MAX-C... Mar 8 2011, 06:44 PM ugordan Why? It's not like it's going to be drivin... Mar 8 2011, 06:49 PM djellison QUOTE (peter59 @ Mar 8 2011, 10:44 AM) . ... Mar 8 2011, 08:52 PM peter59 Firstly, I can not imagine riding in a very rocky ... Mar 9 2011, 07:19 AM Explorer1 Isn't the martian atmosphere of such low densi... Mar 9 2011, 07:54 AM peter59 QUOTE (Explorer1 @ Mar 9 2011, 08:54 AM) ... Mar 9 2011, 08:05 AM AndyG I can't help thinking that a panel which can f... Mar 9 2011, 10:47 AM djellison QUOTE (peter59 @ Mar 9 2011, 12:05 AM) Th... Mar 9 2011, 01:28 PM ElkGroveDan QUOTE (peter59 @ Mar 9 2011, 12:05 AM) Th... Mar 9 2011, 11:37 PM hendric Another nice advantage is the additional space on... Mar 9 2011, 11:06 PM elakdawalla Edited the topic title to be more general. Mar 9 2011, 11:39 PM JohnVV QUOTE and the inference that engineers would be so... Mar 10 2011, 12:50 AM ElkGroveDan Those are ridiculous examples John. Doug's po... Mar 10 2011, 01:57 AM eoincampbell Is it conceivable that MAX-C could land at, MSL... Mar 10 2011, 04:00 AM Hungry4info Wikipedia mentions something about that being a po... Mar 10 2011, 07:29 AM Drkskywxlt Based on Jim Green's presentation to the PSS, ... Apr 20 2011, 04:30 PM Paolo QUOTE (Drkskywxlt @ Apr 20 2011, 06:30 PM... Apr 21 2011, 05:24 AM monitorlizard FWIW, issue 145 (Feb 2011),page 81 of ESA Bulletin... Apr 21 2011, 02:55 AM nprev Not from the perspective of systems interfacing. I... Apr 21 2011, 03:08 AM Drkskywxlt NASA's contribution to this is $1.2B plus... Apr 21 2011, 10:59 AM briv1016 $1.2 B sounds like New Frontiers 5 instead of... Apr 22 2011, 09:16 AM vjkane QUOTE (briv1016 @ Apr 22 2011, 01:16 AM) ... Apr 22 2011, 01:53 PM djellison QUOTE (briv1016 @ Apr 22 2011, 01:16 AM) ... Apr 22 2011, 03:14 PM briv1016 This is going a little off topic so I apologize.
... Apr 22 2011, 07:11 PM djellison QUOTE (briv1016 @ Apr 22 2011, 11:11 AM) ... Apr 22 2011, 09:53 PM briv1016 I think I might have gotten lost in all the number... Apr 23 2011, 02:19 AM djellison QUOTE (briv1016 @ Apr 22 2011, 06:19 PM) ... Apr 23 2011, 03:11 AM briv1016 I think pages 9-14 through 9-16 of the decadal cov... Apr 23 2011, 09:50 AM  |
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