Information for Mission Planning



This collaboration will be used to coordinate between MPA and the other sub-teams. Expect more details within the next day about what information mission planning has for your group and what information is requested form your group. Each group will have its own section, where you can see what info we need from you, and where you can post any questions you have for MPA.

AVSS
Communications Satellite Mass:    We will likely landing at a polar landing site. Therefore, long term missions will a communication satellite constellation. In order to develop program architectures, MPA needs an estimate for the mass of such a spacecraft.

CS

 * Matlab function for capsule mass for a given number of person days
 * Comparison of habitable volume and mass vs. number of person days

PPT
How frequently can we launch? That's an interesting question. At this point we're looking at a minimum of 10 manned missions to the moon starting as soon as we can (1 per year). However, we're still trying to pin down exactly how many times we need to launch per mission, and more importantly how quickly the launch facility can recover and prepare for a new launch. Let's be honest...we have no idea right now, but we'll look into it. Let me know when you figure it out.