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This article describes a direct cargo mission.
Mission plan
- An Ares V class rocket launches the cargo on a Hohmann Transfer trajectory to Mars using an EDS (Earth Departure Stage).
- At Mars, the lander detaches from the orbital module and enteres the atmosphere. It deploys a parachute, then uses retrorockets (Not monopropellant rockets like on previous landers, but more powerful bipropellant rockets.) to land on the surface. A crushable section, in the place of legs, cushions the landing.
- The orbital module aerobrakes into orbit to become a communication/global positioning satillite.
Challenges
- Bipropellant retrorockets have not been tested on Mars.
- The heatsheild will have to detach first
- Large payloads have not been landed on Mars before.
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