Download or read book Lunar Articulated Remote Transportation System written by National Aeronautics and Space Adm Nasa and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2018-11-21 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A first generation lunar transportation vehicle was designed for use on the surface of the Moon between the years 2010 and 2020. Attention is focussed on specific design details on all components of the Lunar Articulated Remote Transportation System (Lunar ARTS). The Lunar ARTS will be a three cart, six-wheeled articulated vehicle. It's purpose will be for the transportation of astronauts and/or materials for excavation purposes at a short distance from the base (37.5 kilometers). The power system includes fuel cells for both the primary system and the back-up system. The vehicle has the option of being operated in a manned or unmanned mode. The unmanned mode includes stereo imaging with signal processing for navigation. For manned missions the display console is a digital readout displayed on the inside of the asronaut's helmet. A microprocessor is also on board the vehicle. Other components of the vehicle include: a double wishbone/flexible hemispherical wheel suspension; chassis; a steering system; motors; seat restraints, heat rejection systems; solar flare protection; dust protection; and meteoroid protection. A one-quarter scale dynamic model was built to study the dynamic behavior of the vehicle. The dynamic model closely captures the mechanical and electrical details of the total design. Beech, Geoffrey and Conley, Gerald and Diaz, Claudine and Dimella, Timothy and Dodson, Pete and Hykin, Jeff and Richards, Byron and Richardson, Kroy and Shetzer, Christie and Vandyke, Melissa LUNAR SURFACE; REMOTE CONTROL; SURFACE VEHICLES; ASTRONAUTS; EXCAVATION; FUEL CELLS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; METEOROID PROTECTION; MICROPROCESSORS; SCALE MODELS; SIGNAL PROCESSING...