Also Methane has been detected
on Mars and is known to be on
to develop liquid Methane or liquid
another world is invented, then
once the equipment was in place
to manufacture the fuels, no further
precursor missions would be required.
new
approaches
for
rapidly
developing
prototype
systems,
demonstrating key capabilities, and
validating operational concepts for
related to crew safety and mission
operations in deep space, and are
strongly coupled to future vehicle
development.
According to Olansen, “It’s a
relatively small project, probably
about 45 – 50 civil servants, and 10
– 12 support contractors. We have
people from the Jet Propulsion Lab
who are considered contractors
that are tied in. We have folks from
here at Johnson and at Langley
Research Center that are considered
contractors. We get a lot of support
from a lot of different areas.
“Still a relatively small team, but
with a wide variety of backgrounds,
a spacecraft like this. You could be
interested in electronics or electrical
engineering, you could be interested
in propulsion, you could be interested
in operations, you could be interested
in the guidance, navigation, and
controls aspects, or you could be
interested in structures. If you have
interest in any one of those areas,
they all apply.
“A lot of different interests would
have applicability in this, so we have
a wide variety of personnel on the
team, and they have done a great
team, as well as learning, because
it’s also a very diverse team from
senior engineers who have been
doing things for a long time, and
and teaching folks. It’s really a great
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