Lunar base projects, including a reconfigurable lunar cargo launcher, a thermal and micrometeorite protection system, a versatile lifting machine with robotic capabilities, a cargo transport system, the design of a road construction system for a lunar base, and the design of a device for removing lunar dust from material surfaces, are discussed. The emphasis on the Gulf of Mexico project was on the development of a computer simulation model for predicting vessel station keeping requirements. An existing code, used in predicting station keeping requirements for oil drilling platforms operating in North Shore (Alaska) waters was used as a basis for the computer simulation. Modifications were made to the existing code. The input into the model consists of satellite altimeter readings and water velocity readings from buoys stationed in the Gulf of Mexico. The satellite data consists of altimeter readings (wave height) taken during the spring of 1989. The simulation model predicts water velocity and direction, and wind velocity.
Project Summaries
1990
4 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Space Technology , Research Program Administration & Technology Transfer , Altimeters , Cargo , Computerized simulation , Lunar bases , Lunar dust , Robotics , Stationkeeping , Thermal protection , Weather forecasting , Wind velocity , Gulf of Mexico , Buoys , Construction , Drilling , Launchers , Mathematical models , Micrometeorites , Roads , Water , Research projects
NTRS | 1990
Project Summaries, 1989 - 1990
NTRS | 1990
Project Summaries, 1989 - 1990
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