Questions tagged [deimos]
Deimos is the smaller and outer of the two natural satellites of the planet Mars.
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Could Phobos or Deimos be a good target for mining?
Phobos could be loaded with iron, magnesium, and other metals of sorts. Because of the mineralogy of the moon, could it become a useful target for future plans similar to asteroid mining? Phobos and ...
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What modifications would be necessary to make to a Mars rover to let it land on Phobos or Deimos?
What modifications would be necessary to make to a Mars rover to let it land on Phobos or Deimos? In this question, I found out that a Mars rover would need a host of modifications to land on Phobos ...
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Could a Mars rover go to Phobos or Deimos instead?
Could a Mars rover go to Phobos or Deimos instead of going to Mars? The choice is made after launch, and no further modifications can be made to the rover. Could it land safely? Up to what point could ...
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Can a human land on Deimos using pressurized deodorant cans?
Can an astronaut use deodorant sprays which contain pressurized butane as cold gas thrusters to land on Deimos from Deimos' orbit? If yes, how many cans would be required to get 5 m/s of delta-v for a ...
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Deimos and Phobos minerals
I am searching for Deimos and Phobos mineral maps, which probably are the best candidates to find large amounts of He-3 or other valuable resources to send to Mars colonies in the future. I searched ...
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Is there any footage from Mars where you can see Deimos or Phobos getting bigger and smaller as it goes through the sky?
This answer mentions that on Mars, you can see its satellite get bigger and smaller as it rises and sets, because the satellite orbits much closer than our own Moon does from Earth. I'm pretty sure ...
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Venus-Mars-Venus cycler?
Is it possible to create a cycler that can travel from Venus to Mars, then back to Venus? Using as little delta-V as possible. To expound a bit further, it would need to travel from Venus to Mars ...
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How do you find ZRVTOs between tethers from coplanar, tidelocked bodies?
In 1984 JPL engineer Paul Penzo described a ZRVTO (Zero Relative Velocity Transfer Orbit) between an elevator anchored on Deimos and an elevator anchored on Phobos. Here is a Penzo’s illustration: ...
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Calculating low-thrust capture delta-V with high $V_{inf}$
I'm designing a CubeSat mission to the Martian moons, and am having trouble calculating capture delta-V. Once it gets into a circular orbit, I can do the rest, but the capture itself is giving me ...
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Can you ride a bicycle on Deimos?
Deimos is the small moon of Mars. The surface gravity is 0.003m/s2 (compare to Earth @ 9.807 m/s2). In theory a person with a bicycle could launch from and land on Deimos with a bicycle and a ramp. ...
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Could the ISS be spun to simulate Phobos' gravity?
Before a human crew goes to Mars' moon Phobos or to even lower mass asteroids, could a long stay at such an object be simulated gravitationally in the space station? I've heard that the ISS people don'...
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What delta-v is required to move between Phobos and Deimos?
I wonder how practical it would be for a spacecraft to visit both moons of Mars on the same mission. Areostationary orbit lies between the two moons, and GEO is demanding to reach from LEO.
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Could Orion be used for human exploration of Phobos and Deimos?
NASA's human space flight program plans to within 5 years or so have access to Orion and a launcher for it. Without a Lunar or Martian lander, the targets for Orion missions are limited. But given ...
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