Experimental Enhanced Upper Stage (XEUS): An affordable large lander system

J. Scotkin; D. Masten; J. Powers; N. O'Konek; B. Kutter; B. Stopnitzky

DOI:10.1109/AERO.2013.6497179

Corpus ID: 24637553

Experimental Enhanced Upper Stage (XEUS): An affordable large lander system

@article{Scotkin2013ExperimentalEU,
  title={Experimental Enhanced Upper Stage (XEUS): An affordable large lander system},
  author={J. Scotkin and D. Masten and J. Powers and N. O'Konek and B. Kutter and B. Stopnitzky},
  journal={2013 IEEE Aerospace Conference},
  year={2013},
  pages={1-9}
}

J. Scotkin, D. Masten, +3 authors B. Stopnitzky

Published 2013

Engineering

2013 IEEE Aerospace Conference

The Experimental Enhanced Upper Stage (XEUS) offers a path to reduce costs and development time to sustainable activity beyond LEO by equipping existing large cryogenic propulsion stages with MSS VTVL propulsion and GNC to create a large, multi-thrust axis lander. Conventional lander designs have been driven by the assumption that a single, highly reliable, and efficient propulsion system should conduct the entire descent, approach, and landing. Compromises in structural, propulsion, and… CONTINUE READING

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