AAE450 Spring 2009 Week 6 [Solomon Westerman] [PM] PDR Complete! Check the website if you have any mission requirement questions!

AAE450 Spring 2009  Axel Rover Axel Rover  Design Alternative Week (1 st ) –POC’s: Good job getting analysis done on time –Make a lot of pots! –Don’t let your job description limit you!  Group Name / Logo –Aura –Corona –Blue Moon (sponsorship?)  Interest in T-shirts and/or Pins Week 6

AAE450 Spring 2009 Project Timeline 2/9/2008 TaskWeek 5Week 6Week 7Week 8Week 9 MWFMWFMWFMWFMWF PDR Complete Design Freeze (Mass/Power/Volume set) Draft Writing Evaluation of design alternatives (all phases) All design alternatives reach maturity and freeze Selection of final configurations Detailed analysis of X1, X2 Detailed analysis of final configurations

AAE450 Spring 2009  GL Meeting this AM –Most promising design alternatives are being pursued 1.Hopper design for Lunar Landing (Josh L.) 2.Higher initial parking orbit (Zarinah, Levi ) 3.Gimbaled EP engine (Kris E.)  Deliverable by Monday 8:00 PM (TBR) –75% design maturity –Code developed Week 6

AAE450 Spring 2009  Assign POC’s to brainstorming ideas (Take some from TLI phase) –Toy Ball (shift CM) (Cory) –Skidmark (shallow approach) (Trent) –Piston (compress working fluid) (Christine) –Ski (Use sled/ski/snowmobile to locomote) (Cory) –Cannon (shoot payload, spring/air/chemical prop, tethered or not) (Zarinah) –Separation (tx momentum to small vehicle to slow landing velocity) (Kris) –Accordion (large crumple zone) (Caitlyn) –Airbag (controlled velocity using breakable airbags) (Drew)  Progress report (by PM) Thursday  Deliverable by Monday 8:00 PM (TBR) –75% design maturity –Code developed POC’s for Brainstorming