"... even with all the diversity among these [launch] companies, one thing seems to be being overlooked. What about downmass?"
Dylan Taylor
Chairman & CEO, Voyager Space
The cost of sending 1 kg to orbit (Up-mass) is going down. However, opportunities to recover mass from orbit haven't improved in the past decade.
A micro space station that lands.
And flies again.
Besides returning from space, Nazare reflies all of its systems, saving cost and increasing response speed.
The perfect dedicated platform for:
Reentry has stayed the same for decades. Here are key advantages of rethinking this crucial step of space missions.
Heat shields have been manufactured the same way for a long period of time. The advanced shapes possible through advanced algorithms and 3d printing greatly improve mass to heat capacity.
Deployed early after the hypersonic phase of the flight, the automatically actuated parafoil reduces landing ellipse to make targeted landing possible.
Landing on terrain makes it possible to deliver payloads to strategic and safe locations.
"... even with all the diversity among these [launch] companies, one thing seems to be being overlooked. What about downmass?"
"For ESA space systems, the re-entry casualty risk shall not exceed 1 to 10,000 (10-4) for each re-entry event (controlled or uncontrolled)."
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Reusability brings logistic advantages to any limited usage space system. Mainly, by reducing recurrent development costs Hosted payloads become even more affordable.
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