| Title: | Surface rover as lunar logistic element : to define innovative concepts for lunar mobility systems |
| Authors: | Julie Lespagnol, Author |
| Material Type: | ISU Individual Project |
| Publisher: | Illkirch-Graffenstaden (France) : International Space University, 2022 |
| Format: | 1 electronic resource (62 p.) / col. ill. |
| Bibliography note: | Includes bibliographical references |
| Languages: | English |
| Description: | Humankind is coming back on the Moon. The Moon will be the first step for human expansion across the solar system with the objectives to collect new knowledge and opportunities. To participate in this adventure, it was mentioned the need of a “car” by Dr Wernher von Braun, director of NASA, in 1965. The mission of this rover was to support the astronauts by extending their area of exploration, transporting the geology equipment and the samples. But even before the Lunar Roving Vehicle, we had the Lunokhod 1 rover from the USSR which was the first rover to be teleoperated from Earth in 1970. They contributed to give the first precise distance measurements between the Earth and the Moon and different information about the Moon environment. So far, each of these units were sent for a unique mission on the Moon sometimes only for 3 days. As they were only assigned to one mission, it required to launch each time a new rover. But, today, we can do things differently adopting a sustainable approach with the modern technologies available on Earth. The future rover missions will have to fulfill missions for scientific exploration, mining activities and the transport of the crew or materials. Having one versatile platform could offer multiple advantages: the time optimization of the use of the rover, the possibility to launch more equipment, the standardization of the parts. |
| ISU program : | Master of Space Studies |
| Format : | Online |
| Permalink: | https://isulibrary.isunet.edu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=11553 |
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