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Re: MOC: Friendship 2004: Manned ('Figged) Mission to Mars
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lugnet.space
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Mon, 2 Aug 2004 20:41:13 GMT
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http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=92773
In lugnet.space, Jean-Pascal Rignault wrote:
> So far I think this is the second entry I see for the retieval contest. This
> one is much more realistic than the horse we saw before!
Yes, but unfortunately the contest got cancelled due to lack of support &
interest. Ah, well. You've got to admit that the horse was pretty funny,
though.
> I like the "upgrade Apollo" feel you put in this MOC. The modular design
> seems to be well thought. Great work on the communication dish / antenae!
Thanks, that's what I was going for. And I felt that a folding comm dish was a
critical requirement, so it got in there fairly early. I would have liked to
have it more positionable, but the slick folding mechanism was more important.
> I was just thinking that Mars has an atmosphere, I would have try to
> integrate a shield for the descent into Mars atmosphere.
D'oh! I totally spaced[1] a reentry shield. I had toyed with ideas for a
lander that took advantage of the atmosphere, but decided that it was too thin
for a human-soft landing with wings or parachutes. That got me off the track of
thinking about reentry.
I did toy with the idea of a detachable impact shield for micrometeorites on the
front of the whole mess (the bottom of the lander). But I never got around to
adding it. The design I was thinking of would make a passable reentry shield,
though.
--
Tony Hafner
www.hafhead.com
[1] No pun intended. Really!
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| Hi Tony, So far I think this is the second entry I see for the retieval contest. This one is much more realistic than the horse we saw before! I like the "upgrade Apollo" feel you put in this MOC. The modular design seems to be well thought. Great (...) (20 years ago, 2-Aug-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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