Project Arusha
Project
Arusha is a research initiative of the Space Special Interest Group of the
National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE Space). Arusha, Kiswahili for “He makes fly (into the
skies)”, is a conceptual design for a 48-person lunar facility, intended as an
international government/commercial venture to be deployed in the timeframe
after the NASA Exploration initiatives.
Through Arusha, NSBE Space seeks to provide a future vision for human
space activity and utilization of the Moon following NASA’s initial return to
the Moon. Its purpose is to accelerate
the commercial use of the Moon, in line with the provisions of the National
Aeronautics and Space Act. It is our
vision that a lunar facility be established to serve as an incubator for lunar
corporations, providing a process to grow Moon-based industries and spin them
off to build independent settlements.
The first
Moonbase Arusha element for development in 2005-2006 is a Pressurized
Rover. Technical work will address the
design of this rover and will be captured in multiple papers by NSBE Space
engineers. Persons interested in working
on this project should sign up on NSBE Online to work on one of the following
project teams:
Fuel
cell, battery, combustion, nuclear trades
Drivetrain
design
Docking
systems
Dust
mitigation
Computer
architecture
Lunar
navigation systems
Short-range
communications
Long-range
communications
Cabin
atmosphere
Environmental
monitoring
Internal
systems and cabin thermal control
External
systems thermal control
Crew
size
Crew
task analyais
Crew
accommodations
Standard
Mission-specific
Net
Habitable Volume requirements
Materials
selection
Use
of rover as primary storm shelters
Storm
protection design level
Shielding
options and mass impacts
Solar
or nuclear energy systems
Manufacturing/regolith
processing materials transport
Fuel
- fuel industry
Tourism
Airlock
EVA
suits
EVA
suit and EVA robotic assistant maintenance
Dust
mitigation
IVHM
Internal
systems maintenance
External
systems maintenance
Lunar
facility impacts
Crew
responsibilities
Lunar
base responsibilities
MCC
responsibilities
Ongoing
vehicle management
Lander
sizing
Transfer
stage sizing
Compatibility
with shuttle-derived heavy lift vehicle
Alternative
launch vehicles
CAD
models
Pressurized Rover preliminary concept
Artist
concepts
Physical
mockups
Completed Papers
Project Arusha:
Pressurized Rover Systems. Dr. Robert Howard, Dr. Edward Tunstel, Dr. Willie Thompson,
Horace Bussey, and Jennifer Scott Williams.
To be presented at the ASCE Earth & Space Conference. March 5-8, 2006. League City, TX.
Upcoming Activity
Graphics and Modeling - Pressurized Rover
System Papers - Pressurized Rover, Communications Satellite
Architecture
Concept of Operations - Moonbase Arusha
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