Over the past four years, NASA has directed the Entry, Descent and Landing Architecture Study (EDLAS) team to evaluate candidate technologies to deliver human-scale vehicles (carrying 20t payloads) to a precise location on the surface of Mars. The study, which initially considered four candidate vehicles, narrowed the design space to focus on two vehicles in Phase 3, one low and one mid lift-to-drag vehicle. Key design challenges exist for both, and the purpose of the Phase 3 analysis was to identify specific technology investment areas and opportunities to mature the vehicle designs beyond simulations to include ground and flight tests. This paper summarizes the detailed analyses performed on the two vehicle configurations, including aerodynamic and propulsive interference effects during the powered flight phase, vehicle packaging, as well as outer mold line and parametric mass model upgrades. The analyses were used to update models in the vehicle performance simulations. The simulation results showing the impact of the Phase 3 analyses on vehicle performance are also presented. Finally, a summary of the technology investment recommendations, including opportunities to validate models using wind tunnel tests and evaluate technologies at the moon, are presented. This paper offers a systems level overview of the more detailed analysis that will be presented in this special session.


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    Title :

    Human Mars Entry, Descent, and Landing Architecture Study: Phase 3 Summary


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    Conference:

    2020 AIAA SciTech Forum ; 2020 ; Orlando, FL, US


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    Conference paper


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    English




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