DAVINCI: Venus Atmospheric Model Comparisons
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Matthew J. Andreini
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Expanding a Family of Mars Chemical Transportation Elements with a Large Vertical Lander Concept
In characterizing the trade space available for enabling human Mars missions, NASA’s Mars Architecture Team (MAT) has continues to developed a collection of concepts to assess the capabilities and constraints presented by a family of large Mars Chemical Transportation Elements (MACHETE). The purpose of this paper is to extend the MACHETE family with a new Large Vertical Lander (LVL) concept to increase our knowledge of the transportation trade space. The LVL is designed as a dedicated lander system capable of delivering a separate Mars Ascent Vehicle (MAV) fully-fueled to the surface of Mars. The addition of this concept enables exploring architecture alternatives that do not require either in-situ ascent propellant production or pre-deployment and subsequent surface transfer of ascent propellant.
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