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CHARTING A COURSE TO THE MOON

CHARTING A COURSE TO THE MOON. TEAM NAME: “PWS” “Purrell’s Water-Seekers”. NAVIGATION PLAN: EARTH TO MOON. PWS ENGINEER CREW’S UNMANNED APOLLO 2009.

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CHARTING A COURSE TO THE MOON

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  1. CHARTING A COURSE TO THE MOON TEAM NAME: “PWS” “Purrell’s Water-Seekers”

  2. NAVIGATION PLAN: EARTH TO MOON

  3. PWS ENGINEER CREW’S UNMANNED APOLLO 2009 • To get into the atmosphere, the rocket fires the main rocket booster and two of the smaller rocket boosters. The 2 small rockets that were used to get out of the atmosphere run out of fuel, but they stay on the rocket. • Since the main rocket boosters still has fuel it takes the ship to the moon. When the rocket gets close enough, it fires its smaller rocket toward the moon. When it impacts it is more powerful. • A computerized system to control the rocket by Navigators will be installed. • The unmanned spacecraft will contain solar panels to help re-energize the spacecraft. While in space the solar energy will power the ship throughout its journey. The rocket itself will be made out of titanium.

  4. PWS CARTOGRAPHER CREWS’ROUTE AND ORBITAL PATHS • The Apollo 2009 will take approximately seven days to reach the moon. It will take four days to orbit the Earth twice and three days to get to the moon. We are going to enter the transfer orbit at an angle. (see map photo at the left). • It will orbit the moon 40 times so it will take 80 days to orbit. Then it will impact the moon’s North Pole Region at a 65 degree angle. • The time frame from launch to impact will be 87 days, which will occur on November 23, 2009. • Post-impact, our mission will continue for one year for data collection. • The mission is estimated to be completed at an approximate date of November 23, 2010.

  5. NAVIGATOR CREWINSTRUMENTS, CONTROL, AND TRACKING • To stay on course we will use a satellite chip and thrusters. We will have the chip inside the rocket and the satellite on Earth. The satellite will locate the rocket by locating the chip and indicate the location of the rocket.When the rocket gets off course we will locate it then we will use the thrusters. If the thrusters don’t work we will use the Hohmann Transfer,(Orbital Maneuver). The Hohmann transfer orbit is part elliptic orbit, that will connect the Earth’s orbit and moons orbit. That will allow the spacecraft to travel through these connected orbits. • In addition, it will have a chip installed in it. We will also use a GPC, (General Purpose Computer). A satellite will pick-up the signal sent from the chip. The satellite will send the information it gathers to a computer. The computer will show the original course to the moon and the course that the rocket will be currently on throughout the mission.

  6. NAVIGATOR CREWPROBLEM SITUATION • Based on the measurements and formulas below we estimate that the thrusters need to be fired for 8 seconds. • The following formulas are what we used: • F=MxA • V=AxT • V/A • M=10lbs. A=10 kilometers. V=80. T=8 F=100

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