AngelicvM Joins GLXP Collaboration With Astrobotic & Hakuto
Team Astrobotic To Carry Chile Team AngelicvM 5kg Rover ‘Uni’ On Mission To Moon; Japan Team Hakuto Also Sharing Cost Of Mission & Potential Prize; Astrobotic To Deploy Uni, 2 Hakuto Rovers & Its Own Andy Rover To Travel 500 Meters On Lunar Surface; Astrobotic CEO John Thornton States “Team AngelicvM Shares Our Vision Of Uniting And Inspiring Individuals To Look To The Moon As The Next Great Destination For Exploration And Discovery”; Astrobotic Goal To Fill Payload Space On Lander By Early 2016 With Inclusion Of Lunar Mission One, Mexican Space Agency & 1 Possible Other GLXP Team; Launch Proposed With SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket NET 2017
Credit: GLXP, Astrobotic, Hakuto, Tohoku University Research News of Engineering, Angelicvm
Public & Private Sector To Discuss Common Goals Of Lunar Exploration, Apply Results Of Recent / Ongoing Missions Toward Future Exploration, Provide A Community Forum At 2015 LEAG In Columbia MD; Along With Various Information Sessions, ESA Will Offer Update On Current Lunar Exploration Activities & Plans With International Partnerships; Rob Kelso Of PISCES To Brief On PISCES-NASA “Additive Construction With Mobile Emplacement (ACME)” Project Demonstrating Technologies Associated With Planetary Robotic Construction Using Basalt; Final Day Includes In Situ Resource Utilization Session About Key Factors For Sustainable Human Spaceflight Programs
MIT Study Suggests Refueling On Moon Could Play Role In Sustainable Human Mars & Deep Space Missions; Takuto Ishimatsu Postdoc At MIT Notes New Mathematical Model Improving On Conventional Straight Shot Route, States “The Idea Of Taking A Detour Into The Lunar System…It’s Very Unintuitive…This Could Be Very Affordable in The Long Term”; Lunar Soil & Water Ice In Craters May Be Mined & Converted Into Fuel In-Situ; Fuel Depots At Lagrange Points Would Potentially Reduce The Launch Mass Of A Mars Mission By 68%; Resource Producing Infrastructure Is Vital To Promote Human Presence, Enterprise & Exploration
Inaugural Space Conference 16-17 Oct With Ted-Style Presentations Named ‘Star Talks’ To Cover Space Exploration Before 1900, Life Extension, Lewis & Clark In Space, Space Medicine; Lunar Sessions Will Discuss New Plans For Human Moon Missions & Lunar Bases; NWI Chairman & Co-Founder Of Space Frontier Foundation Rick Tumlinson Serving As Conference Host States NWI “Goal Is To Plant The Seeds Of A New And Dynamic Space Culture”; Cities In Space Competition For Students Grades 5-12 Held In Conjunction To Create Displays Of Planetary Settlements On Moon, Mars, Free Space With Winning Presentations Exhibited At Conference
Continued Developments Underway For Part-Time Scientists (PTS) GLXP Team Including Payload Potential, 3D Printer, Emerging Communications Link By PTS Karsten Becker To Control Audi Lunar Quattro On Lunar Surface; Audi Will Be Supporting Lunar Rover Lightweight Construction Development, Electric Mobility Development, Testing & Quality Assurance; Sturdy Lightweight Design To Be Made Of High-Strength Aluminum & Magnesium To Withstand Radiation On The Moon
