1. Faculty Advisors:
Dr. Dan Kirk
Greg Peebles
Justin Treptow
Alex Morrese
Alexis Mendez
Casselle Russell
John Klaus
Robert Cooper
Thilina Fernando
Zoe Morozko

2. 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

3. Overall Goal Establish a long term program
4 year goal
Partner with other institutions
Develop “Mission Plan” that intelligently determines best course of action

4. Mission “Road Map”

5. Lunar Rover Map

6. 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

7. 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