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Payload Operations

This is not it

• The Google Lunar X PRIZE is a competition begun

in 2007.

• The first privately funded team to send

a robot to the Moon wins $20,000,000.00

• In order to win the prize, teams must:
• Successfully Launch
• Land on the Moon
• Rove 500 meters
• Transmit back images and video

Payload Operations

L.U.N.A.R.

• Prize

Landing Unique Navigable Astronaut-Driven Rovers

Payload Operations

• What is payload?
• Payload is anything launched

inside the spacecraft

• Astronauts
• Food
• Medical equipment
• Science experiments
• Electronics
• The size and weight of payloads are

limited by the lift capability of the rocket they are riding to space aboard.

Payload Operations

• What do you need to protect

your payload from?

• Launch forces
• Vibrations from flight
• Pressure changes
• High & low temperatures
• Speed jumps / drops
• Landing forces

Payload Operations

• How can you protect payloads?
• Reducing rocket speed
• Reducing impact velocity
• Changing angle of impact
• Restraints
• Cushioning
• Crumple zones

Payload History

Program: Mercury Rocket: Redstone & Atlas

Payload History

Payload History

Program: Gemini Rocket: Titan II

Payload History

Payload History

Program: Apollo Rocket: Saturn IB & Saturn V

Payload History

Program: Space Transportation System [STS] Rocket: Space Shuttle

Payload History

Program: Space Launch System [SLS] Rocket: Orion

Payload History

Program: Mars Exploration Rovers [MER-A & MER-B] Rocket: Delta II Payload: Spirit & Opportunity

(‘03-’10) (‘03-Current)

Payload History

Program: Mars Science Laboratory [MSL] Rocket: Atlas V Payload: Curiosity

(‘11-Current)

L.U.N.A.R. Eggs-Prize

• How will you accomplish your goal?
• Your team will split into two sub-teams.
• Each sub-team will split into two design groups.
• Design Group 1: Rover
• Design Group 2: Lander
• What is your goal?
• To land a rover as close as

possible to a target landing zone without damage to the rover’s function.

• How?
• Each design group will have

100 credits to design and construct their component.

• Credits MAY NOT be shared

between design groups

• Supplies MAY NOT be shared

between design groups

• Heads-Up:
• Certain supplies are only available to one

component group or the other.

L.U.N.A.R. Eggs-Prize

• Details:
• Your payload will be a raw

egg in a Ziploc bag.

• For the sake of the carpet,

the egg should NEVER leave the bag!

• The egg will be carried
• nboard the rover.
• The rover (and egg) will be

carried inside the lander.

L.U.N.A.R. Eggs-Prize

L.U.N.A.R. Eggs-Prize

• Challenge – Part 1:
• The lander, with rover and

egg inside will be dropped 15-25 feet [4.5-7.6 meters]

• nto a target zone.
• If the egg dies… the

rover doesn’t go anywhere.

• Points will be deducted

for each inch outside the landing zone.

L.U.N.A.R. Eggs-Prize

• Challenge – Part 2:
• The rover with egg inside

will be removed AS IS from inside the lander.

• The rover will be placed at the top
• f a ramp and released.
• Points will be added for each inch

away from the base of the ramp that the rover travels.

L.U.N.A.R. Eggs-Prize

• Challenge – Scoring:
• (+) Any unused credits
• (-) For each inch outside of
• the landing zone
• (+) For each inch traveled from the
• base of the ramp
• [ONLY if egg survived landing]
• (+) Egg survival score
• +200 = Egg unscathed
• +100 = Cracked, but no leaks
• +/-0 = Egg leaky / scrambled

L.U.N.A.R. Eggs-Prize

L.U.N.A.R.

• Prize

Questions?