Collection

2013 GSW

Authors

Lex Gonzalez; Gary Coleman; Eric Haney; Amit Oza; Vincent Ricketts; Bernd Chudoba; Paul Czsyz

andsubsequent performance and mass estimates are based on the COBRA Ellipsled series of vehiclepublications [11, 12].Figure 12. Parametric mass breakdown of ellipsled aerobrake [11] Solution Space VisualizationConop 1 – Direct Insertion/ReentryThe parametric generic capsule is utilized to explore the effect of number of crew and volumeper crew on the size of an MGS Capsule. Figure 13 compares two-, three-, and four-crewcapsules with varying crew volume. Passive gross mass constraints corresponding to Delta IV-Heavy maximum launch mass, Delta-IV Heavy with ACES upper stage, and dual launch DeltaIV heavy with a delta cryogenic second stage (DCSS) ascent propulsion module for transfer fromLEO-GEO are plotted in the trade