Evolvable Mars Campaign Development | NSF
? Larger diameter (19.7 m vs 16.1 m). ? Modern materials (kevlar vs. polyester). ? Deployment conditions. ? Mach number < 2.15 (Viking).
Mars Science Laboratory3 This 4.5 m diameter 70° sphere-cone configuration will be NASA's largest capsule to enter the Mars atmosphere (or any planetary atmosphere for that matter). On Heatshield Shapes for Mars Entry CapsulesThe Mars diameter was 6.4 arcsec. We positioned the slit (of 6 arcsec length and 1.1 arcsec width) to- ward the northern hemisphere in order to include the. On February 2-3, 2001, we used the TEXES high-resolution mid-IR ...The smallness of the vehicle (33 tons maximum according to our calculation) allows the use of rigid 70° cone heat shields, provided that the diameter of the ...
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