Our Thought Process
Lander Design
The lunar lander’s main design was based off of the legendary “Eagle” lander of the Apollo Space Program. [2] We liked the “legs” reinforcement design for its stability and simplicity. One of the few things we did not use from the Eagle design was its human related features: life support systems, analog pilot controls, and a “working space” module. We also liked some of the new technology and designs used by the new NASA program CONSTELLATION. [6] Its lander uses a very “bar frame” based design and we liked its conservation of mass by making its tanks external. We implemented these into our lander in the form of four fuel tanks and a “bar” based frame. Our last major feature was one of our own ideas. We thought of the idea of re-docking the rover with the lander for recharging and cleaning. This was to be powered by two main batteries on the lander and this was charged by solar panels attach to the exterior of the fuel tanks. The panels are arranged to receive light during anytime of the lunar day. This charge is pooled in the internal batteries for its own actions and for rover recharge.
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