Add to ORKGLanding space craft rocket plume exhaust interactions with the regolith surfaces on the Moon and Mars will result in cratering and regolith particle ejecta traveling at velocities up to 2,000 meters per second in the vacuum surroundings. This phenomenon creates hazards for the spacecraft that is landing or launching and may also cause damage to surrounding assets, personnel and infrastructure. One potential solution to this issue is to construct vertical takeoff and vertical landing (VTVL) pad infrastructure systems which will mitigate these rocket plume exhaust effects. Concepts will be presented for the construction and maintenance of such VTVL pads in lunar and martian environments
textWhen a lander approaches a dusty surface, the plume from the descent engine impinges on the grou...
Several physical mechanisms are involved in excavating granular materials beneath a vertical jet of ...
The Altair Lunar Lander is being designed for the planned return to the Moon by 2020. Since it is ho...
Experiments, analyses, and simulations have shown that the engine exhaust plume of a Mars lander lar...
Plume generation from descent rockets impinges on the lunar landing site regolith, rendering sites h...
A new generation of landers, mobility systems, and science instruments are in development for the re...
To explore the solar system effectively, we need to develop outposts on the Moon, Mars, and other su...
This paper is a summary compilation of work accomplished over the past decade at NASA’s Kennedy Spac...
© 2016 American Society of Civil Engineers. For repeated missions to develop infrastructure on the M...
Each of the six Apollo landers touched down at unique sites on the lunar surface. Aside from the Apo...
For both sample return and insitu-analysis missions it is vitally important to understand the physi...
The rocket exhaust of spacecraft landing on the Moon causes a number of observable effects that need...
For repeated missions to develop infrastructure on the Moon and Mars, repeated visits to the same lo...
A part of the Small Steps, Giant Leaps TED Talk-Style Presentations. On demand during the summit
Humanity is on course to return to the surface of the Moon within the next decade, with plans and as...
textWhen a lander approaches a dusty surface, the plume from the descent engine impinges on the grou...
Several physical mechanisms are involved in excavating granular materials beneath a vertical jet of ...
The Altair Lunar Lander is being designed for the planned return to the Moon by 2020. Since it is ho...
Experiments, analyses, and simulations have shown that the engine exhaust plume of a Mars lander lar...
Plume generation from descent rockets impinges on the lunar landing site regolith, rendering sites h...
A new generation of landers, mobility systems, and science instruments are in development for the re...
To explore the solar system effectively, we need to develop outposts on the Moon, Mars, and other su...
This paper is a summary compilation of work accomplished over the past decade at NASA’s Kennedy Spac...
© 2016 American Society of Civil Engineers. For repeated missions to develop infrastructure on the M...
Each of the six Apollo landers touched down at unique sites on the lunar surface. Aside from the Apo...
For both sample return and insitu-analysis missions it is vitally important to understand the physi...
The rocket exhaust of spacecraft landing on the Moon causes a number of observable effects that need...
For repeated missions to develop infrastructure on the Moon and Mars, repeated visits to the same lo...
A part of the Small Steps, Giant Leaps TED Talk-Style Presentations. On demand during the summit
Humanity is on course to return to the surface of the Moon within the next decade, with plans and as...
textWhen a lander approaches a dusty surface, the plume from the descent engine impinges on the grou...
Several physical mechanisms are involved in excavating granular materials beneath a vertical jet of ...
The Altair Lunar Lander is being designed for the planned return to the Moon by 2020. Since it is ho...