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Retro Aerospace Research
Retro Aerospace is active in research projects in a number of areas
which fall into two major categories:
Aerospace Engineering and
Space Science.
Aerospace Engineering
Retro Aerospace's research interests and efforts in Aerospace Engineering
reach across a wide variety of specific areas:
- Launch Vehicles and Cheap Access to Space
We are actively developing low cost technologies and
designing a series of simple low cost pressure fed
orbital launch vehicles. As of 2002, we are still
involved in component testing and engineering.
The "Breeze" vehicle project is on hold until a series
of rocket motor component test firings are completed.
- Exploration of Mars
Retro is pursuing a number of research projects into
engineering and science issues related to exploring
and developing the planet Mars. These include:
- Manned Exploration Mission Design and Analysis
- Manned Rover Engineering Analysis
Including rover design concepts,
systems engineering, motion dynamics,
propulsive dynamics, vehicle stability,
and other topics.
- Spacesuits for the Mars Surface
Including low mass spacesuit designs,
novel PLSS system designs for low mass
and consumables, suit cooling via sweat-through
dense membranes, thermal modeling and other topics.
Space Science
- Pluto Mission
Retro Aerospace particpated in the NASA
request for proposals for a Pluto exploration
mission with our PLUCKSHOT project, though
we did not enter it into the final review
after the NASA proposal was withdrawn and
then restarted. We hope to publish the
PLUCKSHOT mission architecture and spacecraft
design as a technical paper sometime in 2032.
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