The constriants of the Apollo 15 mission dictated that the average and limiting performance capabilities of the first manned lunar roving vehicle be known or estimated within narrow margins. Extensive studies were conducted and are compared with the actual performance of the lunar roving vehicle during the Apollo 15 mission. From this comparison, conclusions are drawn relating to the capabilities and limitation of current terrestrial methodology in predicting the mobility performance of lunar roving vehicles under in-situ environmental conditions, and recommendations are offered concerning the performance of surface vehicles on future missions related to lunar or planetary exploration.


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    Title :

    Mobility performance of the lunar roving vehicle: Terrestrial studies: Apollo 15 results


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    Conference:

    Intern. Conf. of the Intern. Soc. for Terrain-Vehicle Systems ; 1972 ; Stockholm and Kiruna, Sweden


    Publication date :

    1972-12-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English


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