Year: 2011
Type: article
Abstract: Future exploration of the solar system will depend on new designs and technologies that are efficient and versatile.Roving systems have explored the Moon and Mars but current means of supplying power are fragile and inefficient, or are considered hazardous to launch.NASA's Glenn Research Center developed criteria necessary for the design of a robotic lunar rover with an extended exploration time.In order to satisfy these requirements a versatile rover equipped with a hydrogen-oxygen fuel cell with a 1 kilowatt nominal power output was designed to operate in the lunar environment for longer than 5 years continuously.Scaled testing of the rover was performed to predict the performance of the lunar rover.Testing was performed at the Ohio State University's Aeronautical and Astronautical Research Laboratory in order to determined drawbar pull and sinkage of the rover.Regolith mitigation strategies were investigated in order to prolong the life of the rover by limiting and eliminating contamination caused by the lunar dust.iii Dedicated to To Diane, Walter, Andrea and everyone else who has helped me along to reach the starting point of
Author: Michael Phillip Snyder
Institution: The Ohio State University
Language: English
Subfield: Automotive Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2748247302