LIAM one Mark II

* LIAM one Mark II *
High efficiency Mars Shuttle

Improved efficiency by 20% compared to LIAM one !
Now 19t craft mass / passenger. New record.
It has been choosen to become a Dinghy for the UMS ÜBERLICHT (see last picture)

LIAM one Mark II is a colonist shuttle for Mars - designed for maximum efficiency and low production & maintenance cost.
The main objective of this project was to develop a design for a returnable MARS SSTO craft (Single Stage To and From Orbit without refueling).
The engines are based on MethaLOX, which could be produced directly on Mars.
It is completely untinkered to be as close as possible to the nowadays reality. So the tanks are shaped to maximize efficiency with simultaneous streamlining. The tempered quartz glass of the cabin gives a fantastic view of the MARS.
Indispensable for such a spaceship is the ability to return to the surface from orbit without refueling.
This craft is very easy to board and leave (on the ground and in orbit, where the docking tunnel hatch in the center of the cabin can be used to enter a space station).

For up to 5 colonists (up and down).

Activation groups

• 2 Auto Launch
• 5 Auto Landing
• 7 Lights
• 8 Landing legs
• 10 RCS

Slider

• Slider 1 : Open/close main hatch
• Slider 2 : [-1..0] Stairs Bridge - [0..1] Pilot Console

Vizzy program

• Energetically optimized ascent program (AG2)
• Mars atmosphere optimized descent program (AG5)

Specifications

• Mass : 7.5t / 95t (dry/wet)
• Delta v : 8.9 km/s

Acknowledgements

Tested on Mars with fabulous HyperPatch Solar System 2.0