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

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Space CampEggs-Prize Challenge:

Payload Operations

RECOVERY SYSTEMS: Mercury

Gemini

Apollo

Space Shuttle

Orion

Objectives:• Put a manned spacecraft in orbit• Test man’s ability to function in

space• Recover both pilot and capsule

safely

1 Astronaut• MR-3, MR-4 launched on Redstone

rockets• MA-6 — MA-9 launched on Atlas rockets• reentry: direct insertion, water landing• recovery: ablative shield, parachutes,

airbags

MERCURY(1961—1963)

GEMINI(1965—1966)

Objectives:• Place 2 men in space for up to 2 weeks• Rendezvous and dock with another vehicle

and maneuver both spacecraft using the target vehicle’s propulsion

• Perform and practice Extra-Vehicular Activities

(EVA), or space-"walks”• Perfect reentry and landing at a pre-selected

location (originally on land)

2 Astronauts• GLV-3 — GLV-12 all flew on Titan II rocket• reentry: direct insertion, water landing• recovery: ablative shield, parachutes,

near-horizontal (sideways) splashdown

APOLLO(1968—1972)

3 Astronauts• Apollo 7 launched on Saturn I-B• Apollo 8-17 launched on Saturn V• reentry: direct insertion, water landing• recovery: ablative shield, parachutes, thrusters,

crushable ribs (“crumple zones”)

Objectives:• Land a man on the moon and return him

safely to Earth before 1970• Establish the technology to meet other

national interests in space• Achieve American preeminence in

space• Carry out a program of scientific

exploration of the Moon• Develop man's capability to work in the

lunar environment.

SPACE SHUTTLE(1981—2011)

Objectives:• Develop less-expensive, reusable

spacecraft for NASA, DoD, commercial, & scientific missions

7 Astronauts• all 135 STS missions launched by liquid-fueled SSME’s and solid rocket boosters • reentry: angled “slalom” descent• recovery: Thermal Protection System (tiles, etc.), glide to runway landing

ORION(2017—????)

4 Astronauts• reentry: direct insertion, water landing• recovery: ablative shield, TPS, parachutes,

cushioning restraints, crushable ribs (“crumple zones”)

Objectives:• Carry astronauts and equipment beyond LEO,

to the Moon, Mars, and beyond

ORION(2017—????)

WATER RETURN TESTS, PARACHUTES

ORION(2017—????)

LAND-RETURN TESTS

MARS: SPIRIT & OPPORTUNITY(2004-2010, 2004-???)

(EDL) ENTRY, DESCENT, LANDINGHEAT SHIELDS, PARACHUTES, RETRO-ROCKETS, AIR BAGS

MARS: PHOENIX(2008)

(EDL) ENTRY, DESCENT, LANDINGHEAT SHIELDS, PARACHUTES, RETRO-ROCKETS

Payload Protection Payload = anything in the spacecraft

Astronauts Food Medical equipment Science Experiments Electronics

Weight of Payload limited by thrust of rocket Means of protection:

Reducing spacecraft speed/impact Parachutes Retro-rockets (reverse thrust) Air brakes (creating maximum drag)

Restraint Cushioning

Trapped air (airbags) Expendable cushioning material (crumple zones)

Payload Package Destination: Earth/Mars (atmospheric landing) Payload: raw egg Drop test: 15-25 feet

Top of UAT Hab 3rd floor Outside Hab 2 Valles Marineris Lobby of ETF

Guidelines: Self-deployed (no tethers or release mechanisms)

All landers held at railing height, parachute shroud lines, etc. do not count

Contained within or attached to the cardboard

You will be given the following materials: 30 cm x 45 cm sheet of cardboard 30 cm of duct tape Egg (your delicate payload…yes, it’s raw)

100 credits for additional materials Duct tape costs 1 credit per cm Straws cost 2 credits each Balloons cost 20 credits each Nylons cost 15 credits each Tissue Paper costs 5 credits per sheet Cotton balls cost 2 credits each String costs 2 credits per foot (30 cm)

Unspent credits are added to score

Payload Ops Specifications: Your Lander

Payload Ops Specifications: Your Rover

Water bottles cost 20 credits each Dowel rods 10 credits each Wheels 5 credits each Pipe cleaners 5 credits each Craft sticks 5 credits each Cardboard tubes 5 credits each

Unspent credits are added to score

You will be given the following materials: 30 cm x 45 cm sheet of cardboard 30 cm of duct tape Egg (your delicate payload…yes, it’s raw)

100 credits for additional materials Duct tape costs 1 credit per cm Straws cost 2 credits each Balloons cost 20 credits each

Payload Ops Rules & Scoring1) Egg rides in ziplock bag in or on the rover

2) Rovers are packed inside the lander

3) Points awarded for unused credits in the budgets

4) Lander package dropped from the 2nd story railing

5) Points subtracted for the distance outside landing site

6) Rover must work without repair, no changes allowed to rover after drop

7) Points awarded for the distance covered by rover

8) Surviving egg required

Steps:

1. Build Rover and Lander2. Place: Egg (bagged) inside Rover

Rover inside Lander

3. Drop Lander from 2nd story Aim for the landing site Points deducted—1 per inch from target

4. Remove Rover from Lander

5. Release Rover at top of ramp Points awarded for distance traveled

6. Surviving Egg required

Payload Ops Rules & Scoring

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