Research on several aspects of lunar transport using the hopping mode is reported. Hopping exploits the weak lunar gravity, permits fuel economy because of partial recompression of propellant gas on landing, and does not require a continuous smooth surface for operation. Three questions critical to the design of a lunar hopping vehicle are addressed directly in this report: (1) the tolerance of a human pilot for repeated accelerations; (2) means for controlling vehicle attitude during ballistic flight; and (3) means of propulsion. In addition, a small scale terrestrial demonstrator built to confirm feasibility of the proposed operational mode is described, along with results of preliminary study of unmanned hoppers for moon exploration.


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    Titel :

    The lunar hopping transporter


    Beteiligte:
    Degner, R. (Autor:in) / Kaplan, M. H. (Autor:in) / Manning, J. (Autor:in) / Meetin, R. (Autor:in) / Pasternack, S. (Autor:in) / Peterson, S. (Autor:in) / Seifert, H. (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1971-07-01


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch




    The Lunar Hopping Transporter

    R. Degner / M. Kaplan / J. Manning et al. | NTIS | 1971



    Hopping transporters for lunar exploration

    KAPLAN, M. / SEIFERT, H. | AIAA | 1968



    Erratum: Hopping Transporters for Lunar Exploration

    MARSHALL H. KAPLAN AND HOWARD S. SEIFERT | AIAA | 1970