Pressurized Moon & Mars rover.

[Cloakedwand72]

How in the world would NASA be able to land a pressurized manned rover to the surface of  the moon or mars? Like what are the most elegant ways of going about that problem with out using a BFR Cargo lander?

Edited August 10, 2018 by Cloakedwand72

[sevenperforce]

Skycrane FTW.

[K^2]

1. Terraform Mars.
2. Land pressurized rover on parachutes.
3. Realize you don't actually need a pressurized rover anymore.

[Cloakedwand72]

5 minutes ago, K^2 said:

1. Terraform Mars.
2. Land pressurized rover on parachutes.
3. Realize you don't actually need a pressurized rover anymore.

It isn't possible to transformer mars. But pressurized rovers are cool!

[Cunjo Carl]

Hmmm... I like the ideas of either an inflatable pressurized space on the rover (like the BEAM on the ISS), or an Ikea-style rover to be shipped in a box and assembled on the surface. Maybe a mix of both? Delivery for these cases could be the same as our present techniques: Rockets, sky-cranes, giant bouncy balls...

Image from physorg:  phys.org/news/2014-01-decade-old-rover-adventure-mars-earth.html

NASA can be very Kerbal sometimes.

[cubinator]

The rover they've been driving around their sand pit seems like it could be made for assembling Ikea style on Mars.

[kerbiloid]

Spoiler

 

Edited August 11, 2018 by kerbiloid

[Cloakedwand72]

3 hours ago, Cunjo Carl said:

Hmmm... I like the ideas of either an inflatable pressurized space on the rover (like the BEAM on the ISS), or an Ikea-style rover to be shipped in a box and assembled on the surface. Maybe a mix of both? Delivery for these cases could be the same as our present techniques: Rockets, sky-cranes, giant bouncy balls...

Image from physorg:  phys.org/news/2014-01-decade-old-rover-adventure-mars-earth.html

NASA can be very Kerbal sometimes.

I've started to try to assemble a rover. I was hoping of something appealing like a 3.5m inline garage or something on a rocket with rover ramps. And yes they can be kerbal at times.

[kerbiloid]

11 minutes ago, Cloakedwand72 said:

something appealing like a 3.5m inline garage or something on a rocket with rover ramps. And yes they can be kerbal at times.

https://github.com/allista/hangar/wiki

[Cloakedwand72]

3 minutes ago, kerbiloid said:

https://github.com/allista/hangar/wiki

Cool. Though not available for CKAN & Was hoping for a 2.5 LK inspired lander chassis with engine. 

[NSEP]

They could do it like this:

(Skip to 2:32) Using a big almost shuttle like lander, you can land alot of payload on Mars. This is by far my 2nd favourite (behind BFR) technique for landing on Mars. Now, its unlikely this will happend, ever since this is from the constellation program, wich was cancelled in 2011 i think.

Now there are other ways of landing large amount of payload on the Martian surface. Instead of creating and designing and entirely new lander for Mars, why not attach an inflatable heatshield under your Moon lander? Like this:

All you have to do now is replace the ascent module with whatever payload you want, in this case a pressurized rover.

Happy exploring!

 

[Xd the great]

Inflatable heat shields work like charm, especially on Mars.

[mikegarrison]

On 8/11/2018 at 5:38 AM, Xd the great said:

Inflatable heat shields work like charm, especially on Mars.

How well do charms work?

[sevenperforce]

14 minutes ago, mikegarrison said:

How well do charms work?