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A team of students is designing a lunar rover to accomplish the proposed lunar mission of a 1000 km traverse and two year survival. As a part of this effort, we are reaching out to potential partners, associates and technology centers for information on existing space hardened components and sub-systems. Listed below is a set of components we are looking for. This is also a generic request for other space relevant components your organization knows of, uses or builds.
The available component set is severely restricted by the environment conditions of operation and survival. Since the current design has an enclosure for critical components, the environmental conditions are split into two categories:
List of identified, vital components ([I] => In-enclosure, [E] => Exposed, [U] => Exposed & unsealed):
We would like to establish contact and dialog with interested people and organizations. Current versions of project statement and design documents are available on request. Information received will be used in the current design and passed on to the design team which will take the design and prototyping process to conclusion. Requested information:
Nature of component information requested:
Address for sending or asking for information:
E-mail: lalit@ri.cmu.edu
Mail: Lunar Rover Technical Outreach
C/o Red Whittaker
Field Robotics Center,
Carnegie Mellon University,
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890
FAX: (412) 682-1793
Phone: (412) 268-6556
(William Whittaker)
Director Field Robotics Center
(Lalitesh Katragadda)
Course Associate, Lunar Rover Design
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Looney Initial Call Sheet
Caller: Date:
Company & Location:
Person & Phone #:
Here are space qualified items we are interested in:
Motors, actuators, gear trains
Materials for structure: drive axles, wheels
Solar panels, batteries and power systems
High specific heat materials for night heating
insulating materials, radiators, louvres
High resolution CCD cameras, pan-tilt mechanisms for the same
Image compression chips and technology
Inertial navigation units, other navigation systems
Antennas (0.5 to 1.5 m light, dishes), transponders (Ka Band)
Pan-tilt mechanisms for antenna attitude control
Phased array antennae and pointing methods
Computing devices (chips, boards, connectors)
Sensors (proximity, contact, range...)
Can they direct us to experts?
Motor name,ph#,email:
Power name,ph#,email:
Camera name,ph#,email:
Navigation name,ph#,email:
Communications name,ph#,email:
Computing name,ph#,email:
Sensor name,ph#,email:
More notes:
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Looney Specific Call Sheet
Caller: Date:
Company & Location:
Person & Phone #:
Product/System:
Mass: Dimensions: Power:
Space Qual. Particulars:
Radiation Hardness:
Operating Temp. Range: Survival Range:
Dust Sensitivity?
Operating lifetime (time & cycles):
M.T.B.F.:
Previous Space Use:
Cost: Lead Time:
Can they send us spec sheets, catalogs, data books? Send to:
Lunar Rover Technical Outreach
C/o Red Whittaker E-mail: lalit@ri.cmu.edu
Field Robotics Center,
Carnegie Mellon University, FAX: (412) 682-1793
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890
Can they direct us to more experts?
Expert name & #
More notes (system specific specs & performance):