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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
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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
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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
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AAE450 Senior Spacecraft Design Project Aquarius Kowalkowski - 4 Backup Slides
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AAE450 Senior Spacecraft Design Project Aquarius Kowalkowski - 5 Mars Surface Map - Akaydin ~4 km
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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
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AAE450 Senior Spacecraft Design Project Aquarius Kowalkowski - 7 Final Numbers - NPS
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AAE450 Senior Spacecraft Design Project Aquarius Kowalkowski - 8 NPS Stackup
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AAE450 Senior Spacecraft Design Project Aquarius Kowalkowski - 9 Final Numbers MRCF / LP, HAB, MR MRCF HAB MR
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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 2007. http://marsoweb.nas.nasa.gov/MOC/. Slides 5,6. http://marsoweb.nas.nasa.gov/MOC/
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