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A large lunar surface testbed from low cost material
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
|---|---|
| Author | Rickman Sr., Douglas |
| Copyright Year | 2014 |
| Description | For users needing to simulate the lunar surface, several distinct avenues have been used. Numerous volcanic areas, including Hawaii, have been used. While providing very large areas and scenic interest, field parties to such an area is expensive and limits testing time. An alternative is to build test facilities locally. This has been done many ways, contrast GRC-1, GSC-1, BP-1 and the KSC Morpheus facility [1-4]. GRC-1 is a mixture of sand and clay; GSC-1 and BP-1 are waste materials created in the process of crushing basaltic rock. The Morpheus field used salvaged concrete and crushed quartz rock [5]. Here I report about a 30 m X 30 m test area at MSFC which was both low cost and relatively high fidelity [6]. |
| File Size | 117269 |
| Page Count | 2 |
| File Format | |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20140008570 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t5z65hz7z |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2014-03-17 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Lunar And Planetary Science And Exploration Clays Concretes Sands Test Facilities Low Cost Crushing Testing Time Rocks Basalt Lunar Surface Quartz Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
