[minMars] MinMars telecon

[Wilfried Hofstetter]

Hi all,

Let's go for coming Sunday, 11 am PDT / 2 pm EDT. Alessandro, could you
organize a telecon number through MIT? You can just call it a student design
project telecon, that always worked for me.

-Wilfried



On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 4:27 PM, Paul Wooster <paul at developspace.net> wrote:

> Next Sunday works for me, the following week is less good.
>
> -Paul
>
> On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 10:05 AM, Wilfried Hofstetter <
> wilfried.hofstetter at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I realize that we originally had another telecon planned for today, but
>> I'm afraid we'll have to push it off a week. I have been quite busy at work
>> last week and therefore didn't have the time to set up the telecon and do
>> much work for MinMars. Would next Sunday 11 am PDT / 2 pm EDT work for you?
>>
>> In terms of status:
>>
>> -Food: I'm continuing to work on this; have continued my survey of food
>> densities (physical, calorical) and expiration dates. It seems that there
>> are many everyday foods with low water contant (noodles, rice, etc.) that
>> can be stored for extended periods of time (years) and at the same time have
>> very high caloric densities. It seems that it will be possible to have a
>> balanced diet with a food-resupply flow of 600 - 800 grams per person per
>> day (de-hydrated food).
>>
>> -Cost: still need to implement the NPV modeling (this will also require a
>> timetable; will likely base that on the launch manifest and on reasonable
>> estimates for development times).
>>
>> -Water regen. spares: Alessandro is working on this.
>>
>> -Infrastructure: Arthur is working on this; he is currently on vacation.
>>
>> -EDL: I need to re-engage Tom Coffee.
>>
>> Let me know if you can do next Sunday (or alternatively the following
>> Sunday).
>>
>> Best from Munich,
>>
>> Wilfried
>>
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