Faculty Advisors: Dr. Dan Kirk Greg Peebles Justin Treptow Alex Morrese Alexis Mendez Casselle Russell John Klaus Robert Cooper Thilina Fernando Zoe Morozko
Google Lunar Xprize What is it? Multi-National Privately Funded Competition Objectives ($20 Million Prize) Land a Rover on the Moon Rove 500m Broadcast HD video to earth Secondary Objectives (∑ $5 Million) Find Water Long Distance Historical Artifact Survivability. Deadline December 31st 2012 Image Courtesy of NASA Image Courtesy of NASA
Overall Goal Establish a long term program 4 year goal Partner with other institutions Develop “Mission Plan” that intelligently determines best course of action
Mission “Road Map”
Lunar Rover Map
Junior Design: Good Accomplishments Launch Vehicle Analysis Simple Hohmann Transfer Analysis Simple Ion Thrust Transfer Analysis Mass Calculations Communications Review Preliminary Rover Analysis Junior Design: Things that Needed Work Inter-Team Communications Gantt Chart More Calcs / Metrics
Future Plans Develop Project Schedule MATLAB Code Detailed Gantt Chart MATLAB Code Full mission analysis Descent Considerations Descent strategy Rover Regime Detailed Lunar Surface Activities