Lunar South Pole Mission (LSPM) :
This report is a summary of the group design project of the MSc in Astronautics and Space Engineering at Cranfield University for the year 1996/97. The project was a feasibility study of a European unmanned mission to the lunar south pole to carry out scientific study. The mission proposed uses two...
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ftcranfield:oai:dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk:1826/231 2023-05-15T18:21:49+02:00 Lunar South Pole Mission (LSPM) : Hobbs, Stephen 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/231 unknown http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/231 Report 2003 ftcranfield 2022-01-09T06:49:10Z This report is a summary of the group design project of the MSc in Astronautics and Space Engineering at Cranfield University for the year 1996/97. The project was a feasibility study of a European unmanned mission to the lunar south pole to carry out scientific study. The mission proposed uses two spacecraft: (1) an orbiter to take images of the proposed landing site, to measure the Moon’s gravitational field, and to act as a communications relay, and (2) a larger lander which carries a small rover and a crate probe. The orbiter is launched first (if gravity and image data are not already available) so that the lander’s landing site can be selected. The main goal is scientific study of the permanently dark craters at the lunar south pole. The baseline design (developed to the depth of a feasibility study) meets the stated requirements and is comparable to ESA’s medium class missions (cost ~€ Report South pole Cranfield University: Collection of E-Research - CERES South Pole |
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This report is a summary of the group design project of the MSc in Astronautics and Space Engineering at Cranfield University for the year 1996/97. The project was a feasibility study of a European unmanned mission to the lunar south pole to carry out scientific study. The mission proposed uses two spacecraft: (1) an orbiter to take images of the proposed landing site, to measure the Moon’s gravitational field, and to act as a communications relay, and (2) a larger lander which carries a small rover and a crate probe. The orbiter is launched first (if gravity and image data are not already available) so that the lander’s landing site can be selected. The main goal is scientific study of the permanently dark craters at the lunar south pole. The baseline design (developed to the depth of a feasibility study) meets the stated requirements and is comparable to ESA’s medium class missions (cost ~€ |
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