Quote from: AncientU on 10/19/2016 05:17 pmOli provided the study article above at this link:https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20160006324.pdfAh I thought that was old - confused as to why the SpaceReview article depict and describes a biconic craft while the study describes entirely a lander with a deploy-able heat shield?
Oli provided the study article above at this link:https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20160006324.pdf
Quote from: GWH on 10/19/2016 05:37 pmQuote from: AncientU on 10/19/2016 05:17 pmOli provided the study article above at this link:https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20160006324.pdfAh I thought that was old - confused as to why the SpaceReview article depict and describes a biconic craft while the study describes entirely a lander with a deploy-able heat shield? wondering the same thing, maybe the SpaceReview folks took additional artistic license?
The Langley study with deployable heatshield is older. Newer work by Langley is represented in that article.