AAE450 Senior Spacecraft Design Project Aquarius Kowalkowski - 1 Mike Kowalkowski Week 10: March 27 th 2007 Project Aquarius Power Engineering Group Surface of Mars Lead NPS Vehicle Focal HAB, MLV, MR, MRCF, LP, EP Power Contact
AAE450 Senior Spacecraft Design Project Aquarius Kowalkowski - 2 NPS Brayton Reactor Sizing Conceptual Design –Three nuclear reactors Only two operate in-loop Uninterrupted power supply NPS / EP Operation –1150 K Brayton reactor Liquid lithium coolant Inert xenon helium fluid –Buried & shielded reactor –Power supplied to: HAB 1 & 2 ISPP 1 & 2 MRCF & LP Rovers (electrolyzed fuel) Comp Turb. Shield Mars Ground Reactor T.A. Main Rad. HXCHG Power Conditioner
AAE450 Senior Spacecraft Design Project Aquarius Kowalkowski - 3 Road NPS 2 Mars Taxi Landing Zone Landing Zone 1 30 km Road Mars Surface Orientation ISPP 1 ISPP 2 Not to scale HAB 1 HAB 2 LP/ MRCF 1 km LOX / LH2 NPS 1 6 m 1200 kWe 1 km 126 kWe 500 m 110 kWe 6 m 1500 kWe Safety First –30 km landing radius –1 km LP separation –Redundant power 1 km NPS 3 PMAD
AAE450 Senior Spacecraft Design Project Aquarius Kowalkowski - 4 Backup Slides
AAE450 Senior Spacecraft Design Project Aquarius Kowalkowski - 5 Mars Surface Map - Akaydin ~4 km
AAE450 Senior Spacecraft Design Project Aquarius Kowalkowski - 6 Road Mars Surface Map Road to Landing Zone ~1.5 km NPS 1-3 ISPP 1 & 2 LP/ MRCF PMAD HAB 1 & 2 Mars Taxi Landing Zone
AAE450 Senior Spacecraft Design Project Aquarius Kowalkowski - 7 Final Numbers - NPS
AAE450 Senior Spacecraft Design Project Aquarius Kowalkowski - 8 NPS Stackup
AAE450 Senior Spacecraft Design Project Aquarius Kowalkowski - 9 Final Numbers MRCF / LP, HAB, MR MRCF HAB MR
AAE450 Senior Spacecraft Design Project Aquarius Kowalkowski - 10 References Previous week’s presentations contain all relevant references. This week specifically: –Mars Orbiter Camera Images. 28 March Slides 5,6.