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| ID No : | 973 Edit | Title: | Go for Lunar Landing: From Terminal Descent to Touchdown Conference Report |
| Summary / Review : | "This report summarizes the proceedings and conclusions of the 'Go for Lunar Landing: From Terminal Descent to Touchdown' conference held March 4th and 5th, 2008, at the Fiesta Inn Resort in Tempe, Arizona, under the auspices of Arizona State University, the Lunar and Planetary Institute, and the University of Arizona. The conference brought together Project Constellation personnel, management, and potential industry partners to discuss and leverage the experiences and lessons learned from the six Apollo lunar landings as new lander designs and operations are considered. The conference was conceived to specifically consider the last few hundred feet of the landing trajectory to touchdown, and all aspects of design, training, and operations that relate directly or indirectly to the success of touchdown. 'Go for Lunar Landing' provided a forum for direct communication between the Apollo and Constellation generations as well as interactive comparisons between past, present, and future technologies. The planned Lunar Surface Access Module (LSAM), or Altair, will undoubtedly have some degree of automated landing capability. Due to advances in technology since the last manned planetary landing four decades ago, it is now possible to place even more reliance upon automated descent modes. The known difficulties of landing on Mars, however, require that we develop full understanding of the integration of human and automated capabilities. In this light, some key questions concerning astronaut training for manual descent to the Moon and ultimately to Mars need to be addressed as the 21st-century architecture for a human lunar return matures. To address these questions, the 'Go For Lunar Landing' conference was structured to facilitate discussion amongst all of the stakeholders and offer valuable input to the initial definition phase for the new Altair spacecraft. The conference panelist expertise included cartography and lunar surface imaging, avionics, simulation, and guidance, navigation, and control (GNC). Panelists gave short summary presentations on relevant topics followed by extensive question-and-answer sessions from the attendees. This report includes contributions summarizing the panel sessions and selected transcripts from the discussion period in order to capture a flavor of the proceedings and record the key points made by the participants." (Author's abstract) |
| Author(s) : |
Gregory, William; Ottinger, Wayne; Robinson, Mark; Schmitt, Harrison; Lawrence, Samuel J., [NASA (Unspecified Center)] |
| Publication Date: | 2008 |
| Category(s) : |
Transportation / Lunar launch and landers |
| Web URL : |
http://hdl.handle.net/2060/20080040688
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| NTRS : | 20080040688 |
| Submitted by : | MEP |
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