Google Lunar X Prize |
Google Lunar X Prize |
Mar 28 2008, 08:53 PM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10229 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
Am I completely out of it, or is there no GLXP thread on here? I couldn't find one. Anyway, things are moving on it, so I thought we ought to have one.
For the record, I just turned down my second invitation to join a team. I'm staying as an interested observer on this - for now, anyway. There is a forum at the GLXP site as well as team info. There are a lot of people with half-baked ideas of how to go about it. The real professionals are not doing much on the forum, just working behind the scenes. At LPSC two weeks ago, Bob Richards of Odyssey Moon invited people to propose instruments to carry on their rover - targeted to a pyroclastic deposit, probably Rima Bode or Sulpicius Gallus. And I see they have now signed an agreement to carry Celestis's lunar burials to the Moon. Richards will be here next week, and I'll be spending some time with him. This whole thing is going to be interesting. Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
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May 4 2008, 09:38 AM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
On the Google Lunar X-Prize website, a YouTube video from one of the teams ("Astrobotic") refers to their rover "seeing, at some point, the US flag, or the remains of it... the footprints of the astronauts and, up close, the plaque..." Now, how they're going to see those things - especially "up close" - without disturbing the site is beyond me.
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Jun 18 2008, 03:22 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 1 Joined: 17-June 08 Member No.: 4214 |
On the Google Lunar X-Prize website, a YouTube video from one of the teams ("Astrobotic") refers to their rover "seeing, at some point, the US flag, or the remains of it... the footprints of the astronauts and, up close, the plaque..." Now, how they're going to see those things - especially "up close" - without disturbing the site is beyond me. Glad to see someone watches our videos - I'm tasked with making most of those. As Phil mentioned, we plan to use a Telephoto Lens. Our closest approach would be at 15m. From that distance, using a 350-400mm Focal Length Lens on one of our 720p cameras atop our mast, we've shown that we can image something in focus on the LM's legs at about 10-20cm across. If you look at the image of Apollo 11 below, that means that our ideal mission situation would be approaching from the North East above Armstrong's Path. If we think we can navigate the crater to the South-West of the LM, we may approach from there as well. As our launch approaches, we'll have an open ear to the forums of discussion about what safety precautions should be taken. One of Astrobotic's founders, David Gump made comments about these issues back in 2000. Keep in mind that we are all big space enthusiasts as well, and the strict precautions we will have with the perception capabilities, dead-reckoning, and control of our robots will probably be more advanced than most would expect. |
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