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PhotonBytes

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Registered: 2019-12-28

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Stratospheric High Altitude Platform Station

A high altitude platform station such as the one being developed by a Russian company Aerosmena can be used to simulate Martian gravity as well as Martian Atmosphere. Pressurize a glass domed top deck with CO2 at 600 Pascals at 100,000 feet and start a descent at -1200ft/min until you reach 60,000 ft. This will give you about 40 minutes of Martian time before you have to go up again. I would not descend below 60,000 feet because once you reach the traopopause at 36,000 ft it starts to get more and more turbulant. Staying above 60,000 ft keeps your airship in a laminar airflow. I would design the HAPs to have a conical bottom so that during descent it will experience a streamlined air flow around the bottom of the hull. Keep most of the weight in the center and bottom where the cone is.

1. Martian Gravity
2. CO2 atmosphere at 600 pascals
3. Regolith
4. Pressure suits
5. Mock Martian base.

You can have all of the above for 40minutes. If you go below 60,000 ft say to 40,000 ft you could maybe squeze out another 30minutes.

References:

https://lynceans.org/wp-content/uploads … verted.pdf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-alti … rm_station

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tahanson43206

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Re: Stratospheric High Altitude Platform Station

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Mars_B4_Moon

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Re: Stratospheric High Altitude Platform Station

We had similar topics on Balloons and 'ULDB'

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