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Self-unloading, reusable, lunar lander project
Ruwan Arseculeratne, Melissa Cavazos, John Euker, Fred Ghavidel, Todd J. Hinkel, John Hitzfelder, Jesse Leitner, James Nevik, Scott Paynter, Allen Zolondek
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Abstract
In the early 21st century, NASA will return to the Moon and establish a permanent base. To achieve this goal safely and economically, B&T Engineering has designed an unmanned, reusable, self-unloading lunar lander. The lander is designed to deliver 15,000 kg payloads from an orbit transfer vehicle (OTV) in a low lunar polar orbit and an altitude of 200 km to any location on the lunar surface.