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Mars, System Design & NAND - Mercurial Mars Mission

The Amp Hour · 20 Mar 2013 · 1h 11m · Episode 137

What this episode covers

Hosts Dave Jones and Chris Gammell discuss the engineering challenges of a Mars mission, contrasting Robert Zubrin's efficient 'Mars Direct' plan with NASA's politically driven, complex proposals. They debate the necessity of modular electronics and spare parts for survival, referencing the Apollo 13 filter mismatch as a cautionary tale against non-standardized components. The conversation shifts to practical hardware design, criticizing a point-to-point wired NAND computer for its lack of 'design for sharing' and discussing the pitfalls of building modular circuit marketplaces like Circuit Lava.

Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
NASA, Martin Marietta, Altium, Circuit Lava, Dangerous Prototypes, Seeed Studio, Bell Labs
Products
Raspberry Pi
Also
Robert Zubrin, The Case for Mars, Mars Direct, Apollo 13, Ian Ross

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