[minMars] Zubrin's "minimalist Mars mission"

[Wilfried Hofstetter]

Assuming that the Dragon could be adapted for Mars EDL, we could  triple our
payload delivery capability to the surface of Mars (around 1 mt to 3 mt)
with a single Falcon Heavy launch... might be worth a test flight. :)

Cheers,

-Wilfried



On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 2:25 AM, Thomas Coffee <tcoffee at mit.edu> wrote:

> Funny, I was just looking at the commercial crew promo video that shows
> Dragon landing on Mars ... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6p6EruPdoXY)
>
> Of course, heat shield aside, I haven't seen any reports on the suitability
> of the launch abort system and parachute interface designs doubling for Mars
> EDL ... so I'm naturally wondering if this concept has moved beyond
> animation and into simulation.
>
> Anything yet made public on the subject?
>
> - Thomas
>
>
> On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 8:46 PM, Paul Wooster <paul at developspace.net>wrote:
>
>> Thought might find Bob Zubrin's SpaceX-derived minimalist Mars mission
>> concept of interest:
>>
>>
>> http://www.marssociety.org/home/press/news/theuseofspacexhardwaretoaccomplishnear-termhumanmarsmission
>>
>>
>> <http://www.marssociety.org/home/press/news/theuseofspacexhardwaretoaccomplishnear-termhumanmarsmission>This
>> is an extended discussion of a concept he described in a Wall Street Journal
>> article a week or so ago.
>>
>> Take care.
>> -Paul
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