Funny, I was just looking at the commercial crew promo video that shows Dragon landing on Mars ... (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6p6EruPdoXY">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6p6EruPdoXY</a>)<br><br>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.<br>
<br>Anything yet made public on the subject?<br><br>- Thomas<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 8:46 PM, Paul Wooster <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:paul@developspace.net" target="_blank">paul@developspace.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div>Thought might find Bob Zubrin's SpaceX-derived minimalist Mars mission concept of interest:</div>
<div><br></div><a href="http://www.marssociety.org/home/press/news/theuseofspacexhardwaretoaccomplishnear-termhumanmarsmission" target="_blank">http://www.marssociety.org/home/press/news/theuseofspacexhardwaretoaccomplishnear-termhumanmarsmission</a><div>
<br></div><div><a href="http://www.marssociety.org/home/press/news/theuseofspacexhardwaretoaccomplishnear-termhumanmarsmission" target="_blank"></a>This is an extended discussion of a concept he described in a Wall Street Journal article a week or so ago.<br>
<div><br></div><div>Take care.</div><div>-Paul</div></div>
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