Auteur/autrice : Richard Heidmann
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Mars Colonization Transport: Main findings of our analysis
In September 2015 we issued a second release of our study about what could look like a MCT, taking into account most recent hints from SpaceX, especially its supposed preference for a single core launcher and for a dual launch to LEO (spaceship and refueling tanker). Unfortunately, this second report, which shows a more convincing…
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Analyse d’un concept Mars Colonization Transport (MCT) à deux lancements
Notre première étude s’était attachée à examiner les limites du concept « Tout-en-Un », c’est-à-dire d’un Mars Colonization Transport comprenant un seul lancement et un seul vaisseau navette, le tout entièrement réutilisable. Nos résultats, tout en permettant de conclure à la possibilité théorique de ce concept radical et d’en donner une illustration, nous ont aussi…
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A Mars Colony – A Tentative Technical Analysis
(by Richard Heidmann, vice-president, Association Planète Mars (French chapter of The Mars Society). English translation by Pierre Brisson) Foreword This report, written for the benefit of association Prospective 2100, was published (in French) in 2008 on the website of Association Planète Mars, the French branch of The Mars Society. During the seven years that have…