F.T.M.N Aerospace and Exoplanetary Task Group Research Weblog

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Welcome to the F.T.M.N Aerospace and

Extraplanetary Task Group Weblog!

1.6 Projects

Project No.: 001

Project Name: "Icarus"

Craft Role: Light Translunar Transportati

Crew: 1 Kerbanaut

Range: Munar Tested, Minmus Theoretical.

The "Icarus" project yielded a translunar vehicle capable of takeoff from a standard runway. It has been tested and is capable of reaching the Mun.

It is named "Icarus" due to the fact that the wings and air breathing engines detach after it has reach 14,000 to 15,000 metres in altitude.

Project No.: 002

Project Name: "Transorbital"

Craft Role: Heavy Transplanetary Transport and Rover Deployment

Crew: 3 Kerbanauts

Range: Eve, Duna, Jool, Moho Theoretical.

The "Transorbital" project was intended to design a craft that could leave Kerbin's sphere of

influence and reach planets throughout the solar system that have previously been unreachable.

The craft can deploy a small rover and the equipment required to safely land it upon the new

planets and moons. This rover is equipped with a Kethane sensor from the popular mining mod,

to locate Kethane deposits in advance for future expeditions to mine and use.

1.7 Research Projects

Project No.: 101

Project Name: Overcast

The main goal of project Overcast is to determine the viability of a deployable facility that can maintain

sustained flight within the atmosphere of Jool for both research and logistics purposes.

Furthermore, this project is also intended to foster the development of technologies supporting prolonged hovering and flight

within planetary atmospheres outside of Kerbin.

Insofar, this project has produced results which, while still in the prototype phase, allow for the usage of ion and solar systems

in prolonged atmospheric flight. However, this still has yet to be applied to airframes over 3 tons.

Edited September 8, 2012 by footman04