Project Arcturus Lunar Lander

[K_Jameson]

A similar camera is mounted on JUNO probe (JunoCam) JunoCam - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

A little offtopic: it's a shame that Juno was not equipped with a better camera system. JunoCam it's a toy compared with the camera system of other spacecrafts as Cassini or New Horizons.
I'm aware that Juno has other goals but, again, Jupiter will not have a photo book comparable with the other planets.

 

[fausto]

Artitic rendering:

 

[fausto]

More work on landing legs and open / close mechanism

 

[Pipcard]

Reminds me of something I made in KSP:

 

[IronRain]

Is everything being done in Anim8or? It's looking really great!

 

[fausto]

Is everything being done in Anim8or? It's looking really great!

Yes, it's all made with anim8or, good textures and a lot of patience! :lol:

 

[fausto]

Little change for Arcturus:
Bigelow inspired ascent module, for more living space and same global mass. This is not an inflatable module, but its presurized atmosphere is all inside an expandable and non-rigid material:

Here a comparison with old Antares capsule derived ascent module:

 

[Interceptor]

Welcome back fausto it's been a long time since you've been back here at the OF.

 

[fausto]

Welcome back fausto it's been a long time since you've been back here at the OF.

Thank you intercettori it's a pleasure for me to be here again!

 

[IronRain]

Welcome back indeed!

 

[Kyle]

Welcome back fausto!! Landing on the Moon with this in Orbiter 2016 is going to be a ton of fun.

 

[barrygolden]

Great to see you back again. I like the ideas you have. Could be nice to see this land on Mars.

There is an ongoing project working to build the Constellation Moon Base. The airlock and small hab are about done and the larger lab is in the works along with an upgraded ALSEP package to be deployed. The doors on the airlock and hab match up with the LER by gattis. I'll try to get some screenshots. The detail with the descent stage and VC look awesome. This lander along with the MPCV might make a great combo for an addon using the SLS to launch

 

[fausto]

Great to see you back again. I like the ideas you have. Could be nice to see this land on Mars.

There is an ongoing project working to build the Constellation Moon Base. The airlock and small hab are about done and the larger lab is in the works along with an upgraded ALSEP package to be deployed. The doors on the airlock and hab match up with the LER by gattis. I'll try to get some screenshots. The detail with the descent stage and VC look awesome. This lander along with the MPCV might make a great combo for an addon using the SLS to launch

This lander is too heavy for SLS. The descent module carries a lunar rover too..

 

[K_Jameson]

[Italian language ON :rofl: ]

Grande Fausto! Bentornato! Hai voglia di andare a dare un'occhiata a questo lavoretto che ho fatto in tua assenza con l'assistenza preziosa di Vittorio? Non trovo mai il tempo di finirlo...

[Italian language OFF]

 

[boogabooga]

fausto, everyone missed you.

 

[fausto]

fausto, everyone missed you.

Thank you orbinauts! I'm moved! I hope to give my contribution to the incoming Orbiter 2016!

 

[fausto]

Lowe deck is taking shape....
Finally a decent airlock.. the old one looked like a sardine box!!!

 

[fausto]

Some numbers:

Bigelow inflatable module concept has an habitabile volume / mass ratio of 16.5 m3 per ton. (according to BA330 space station) The Altar ascent module (classic metal cilynder) was 5.3 m3 per ton.




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[fausto]

Upper deck: mission specialist seat

lower deck: relax time on bed

 

[Kyle]

You look like you're making great progress! Is the plan to still launch it on the Quasar rocket?