Dr. Ethiraj Venkatapathy - Mary Poppins Approach to Human Mars Mission EDL

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NASA Ames Research Center Director's Colloquium, June 17, 2014, Moffett Field, California. NASA is investing in a number of technologies to extend Entry, Descent and Landing (EDL) capabilities to enable Human Missions to Mars. These technologies will also enable robotic Science missions.

Human missions will require landing payloads of 10’s of metric tons, not possible with today’s technology. Decelerating from entry speeds around 15,000 miles per hour to landing in a matter of minutes will require very large drag or deceleration. The one way to achieve required deceleration is to deploy a large surface that can be stowed during launch and deployed prior to entry.

This talk will highlight a simple concept similar to an umbrella. Though the concept is simple, the size required for human Mars missions and the heating encountered during entry are significant challenges.

The mechanically deployable system can also enable robotic science missions to Venus and is also equally applicable for bringing back cube-satellites and other small payloads. The scalable concept called Adaptive Deployable Entry and Placement Technology (ADEPT) is under development and is the focus of this talk.

The NASA Ames Director's Colloquium Summer Series was presented by the Office of the Chief Scientist as part of the Center's 75th anniversary celebration.
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When Dr. Venkatapathy explains the concept it seems so simple but, I would have never thought of the idea.  Dr. Venkatapathy, it's an excellent concept - thank you.  This is going to make a huge difference to mankind.

DavidODuvall
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Actually you do have a long-flat-runway on Mars: the entire northern 'dry ocean' plain... The placement of the strut load-points can make the whole, self-opening... The geometry of the struts is such that they don't have to be cloth-filled but could use plates and fewer panels...

rkpetry
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Love to see the day when the humans can make a colony at mars!

PipinhoSnow