Marijn
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The plan is to transport as many standard AIA containers to Olympus Base as possible and return to KSC without refueling along the way. I've chosen a trajectory from NASA's Trajectory Browser in the near future optimizing for duration (lowest). Here's a screenshot of the plan: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OheiDVcRP6ICR0gkfj1i0w3Gi-vpPYNS/view?usp=sharing
The plan is based on a parking orbit around Mars. Instead of entering a parking orbit, the final plan would need to include a landing on and launch from Mars.
For as much realism, I am considering these settings: MainFuelISP=1, LOXLoadout=1, LOXConsumptionRate=4, LOXConsumptionMultiplier=1.0, APUFuelBurnRate=4. Also, a full crew will be aboard and need to return to Earth alive.
My idea is aerobrake both at Mars and Earth arrivals without entering parking orbits, although the 21.17 km/s reentry speed at Earth arrival worries me a bit. Not sure if that's possible. And the amount APU fuel (49 minutes) seems to be a major problem and I might need to ease the burnrate to 3 (74min) or even 2 (110min) to have enough APU time for all the manouvres.
What do you think? Is this mission possible at all and if so, what would be the best strategy to deliver as many containers as possible? I like to hear your thoughts.
The plan is based on a parking orbit around Mars. Instead of entering a parking orbit, the final plan would need to include a landing on and launch from Mars.
For as much realism, I am considering these settings: MainFuelISP=1, LOXLoadout=1, LOXConsumptionRate=4, LOXConsumptionMultiplier=1.0, APUFuelBurnRate=4. Also, a full crew will be aboard and need to return to Earth alive.
My idea is aerobrake both at Mars and Earth arrivals without entering parking orbits, although the 21.17 km/s reentry speed at Earth arrival worries me a bit. Not sure if that's possible. And the amount APU fuel (49 minutes) seems to be a major problem and I might need to ease the burnrate to 3 (74min) or even 2 (110min) to have enough APU time for all the manouvres.
What do you think? Is this mission possible at all and if so, what would be the best strategy to deliver as many containers as possible? I like to hear your thoughts.