1. USC Astronautics Faculty Adviser
Return to the Moon: USC LEWIS and Clark Project (Lunar Exploration With Intent to Stay)
Thangavelu, M., Chen, Y., Diaz, A., Ghivalikar, A., Handwerk, D., Heeg, Hendry, M., C., Koelsch, R., McVey, J., Nowicki, J., Pieri, G., Zeitouni, P.
USC Astronautics Faculty Adviser
Madhu Thangavelu

2. ASTE527 Space Architecting Studio
3 unit graduate elective in ASTE
Programmatic issues
Concepts created – “concept architectures”
Evaluated by agency and industry experts
Individual and team project
L&C project is fall 2005 team project

3. Ares Engine Alternatives

4. SMITH -Long Range Rover

5. South Polar Infrared and Optical Interferometry Observatory

6. Moon Bucket Truck

7. Lunar STEG

8. Transhab Test at NASA JSC

9. Bigelow Inflatable Modules

10. South Pole Sadler Salad Machine

11. Advanced Lunar Agriculture Module

12. EYESPY:Engaging our Youth in the Exploration of Space, Planets, Yonder

13. The Lunar Gas Station
“….a [Lunar Gas Station] would free us from delivering fuel on a very expensive heavy lift launch vehicle…” – Mike Griffin, NASA Administrator
Working on it –think fuel caching, even better, propulsion pallet caching in lunar orbit !

14. Return to the Moon Jules Verne Project
Thangavelu, M., Bidwell, J.. Cheng, J., Ghandchi, S., Morris, A., Martin, M., Mustillo M., Rojdev, K.
USC Astronautics Faculty Adviser
Madhu Thangavelu

15. ASTE527 Space Architecting Studio
3 unit graduate elective in ASTE
Programmatic issues
Concepts created – “concept architectures”
Evaluated by agency and industry experts
Individual and team project
Jules Verne project is fall 2006 team project

17. Mission Execute VSE using ESAS architecture
And synergetically establish permanent lunar infrastructure
Establish a variety of observatories
Conduct scientific experiments
Layout technology testbeds
Test and evolve rover and crew systems
Study crew activities

18. Jules Verne project Equatorial Circumlunar Navigation
14, 500km – accounting for terrain and diversions
~2000km tour of duty – seven missions
~ seven waypoints changeout locations
Assisted by lunar orbiting station crew

20. Jules Verne Project Systems
Pressurized Rover
4 crew
2000km range
Autonomous Logistics Landers
Emplaced in advance along traverse route
Consumables, spares
Orion Orbital station
2 crew
Groundtrack over traverse route
Orion Crew Rescue Architecture
Laser Communications Link