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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"Lunar soil simulant"”.
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Experimental Evaluation and Semi-Empirical Modeling of the Tractive Performance of Rigid and Flexible Wheels on Lunar Soil Simulant
… mobility of rigid and flexible wheels in soft soil, tests were performed, in cooperation with NASA Glenn Research Center (NASA-GRC), using the terramechanics rig at the Virginia Tech Advanced Vehicle Dynamics Lab (AVDL). To conduct such a study, four different wheels were evaluated under …
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Experimental Analysis of the Effects of the Variation of Drawbar Pull Test Parameters for Exploration Vehicles on GRC-1 Lunar Soil Simulant
… in a dry, granular, cohesionless, silica based soil called the GRC-1 Lunar Soil Simulant. The results of these studies were that the variations in both the starting terrain condition and the distance traveled did not significantly affect performance. The relationship between performance and …
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LunarWSN: A Wireless Sensor Network for In-Situ Lunar Water Ice Detection
The future lunar sustainable habitation will be resource-intensive. Taking advantage of local resources on the lunar surface is the most effective way to reduce the cost and risk for future lunar missions. Water is one of the most important resources that can provide not only drinking water for …