Request Artemis landers

[gattispilot]

Looking at suits. I see a lot of differences. I can't tell if the upper part is a hard shell.
Any thoughts, ideas. I bet it will change by the time someone gets to use it.
And not really any different elbow and knees

 

[barrygolden]

It looks as if the EVA guys are able to walk down into the crater
the test suit and the Black suit that was shown do look a lot differrent the black suit looked more form fitting. might not make to many changes until we see more . I dont think there will be the chest controls I think a small wrist pad would be more likely maybe an MFD so they could manage the suit but also keep track of the EVA time line and location as well

 

[gattispilot]

Yes they can

 

[barrygolden]

Oh Wow way cool is there a way to move this crater mesh near the south pole to use as Shackelton ? it might need to be placed a little further north of the true site for getting light and terrain to work right. it wouls be super to see the crater crawler be deployed by Flex then crawl down into the crater but might need lights on it

 

[gattispilot]

It is part of the moon. No extra added mesh. Thanks

 

[gattispilot]

Anyone working on the Blue Moon Lander? That is the thing lacking for Artemis V. We have SLS, Orion, Gateway, and LTV for Orbiter

 

[MarkWatney2015]

Anyone working on the Blue Moon Lander?

I think francisdrake have one but haven't published it yet
We don't have a New Glenn to launch it though

 

[gattispilot]

I thought so. I think on the New Glenn. If the new Glenn was a mesh that could be done. But it is like Space X with the landing gear. Maybe @BrianJ could make one?

 

[francisdrake]

Anyone working on the Blue Moon Lander?

Yes, I made a kind of conceptual study. It is only a cfg-file vessel. Can put this version up on the weekend.

 

[gattispilot]

Nice. So no animations,.....
Where did you find the mesh?

 

[MarkWatney2015]

Animations for New Glenn

 

[francisdrake]

Here is a simple, cfg-file version of the BlueMoon lander. The performance values are estimated. The height is 16 m, the total mass with fuel is 45 ton.
The mesh was made based on two published pictures. A Centaur space tug is included as a docking target.

 

[francisdrake]

It's getting crowded at the Gateway station.

B.t.w.: Has anybody yet setup a scenario for the Near-Rectilinear Halo Orbit of the Gateway?
This orbit is a bit strange. I always get lost in space ...

 

[MarkWatney2015]

B.t.w.: Has anybody yet setup a scenario for the Near-Rectilinear Halo Orbit of the Gateway?
This orbit is a bit strange. I always get lost in space ...

@BrianJ attempted one when he made the CAPSTONE addon a while back. Here's a post of his attempt

 

[francisdrake]

Thanks for pointing me to that!
Still, this orbit is pretty unstable. I reduced the eccentricity to 0.93 with a North-pole periapsis burn. Then the vessel remains for 2-3 orbits, but axis distances, argument of periapsis, etc. drift over time. After two orbits the periapsis rises more and more and the orbit becomes an eject trajectory.
I guess it really would need periodic orbital adjustment, using Gateways' ion thrusters.

 

[gattispilot]

Nice. I thought it had windows in the bottom section?

 

[gattispilot]

https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/n...o-advance-moon-mobility-for-artemis-missions/
https://newatlas.com/space/nasa-artemis-lunar-vehicles-moon/

Well have the LTV. Working on a lander for it. I have 2 versions. One is UACS. and the other NON UCAS. The difference is the non UCAS it uses Xemu suited guy that have animation that UACS doesnot have.

We have the FLEX also. Might need to update the mesh. Add the Nasa emblem on the side. It is also UACS and NOn UACS.

ON the FLEX it looks like it is painted like the LTV and has alight bar.

I can repaint the flex like the LTV and add an option for light bar.

 

[MarkWatney2015]

From NASA's press release yesterday:

Lunar Dawn (Lunar Outpost)


Moon RACER (Intuitive Machines)


FLEX (Venturi Astrolabs)

 

[gattispilot]

Looking at the FLEX and FLEX LTV. They seem to be 2 different vessels. The vessel on the right seems like a FLEX( solar panel on the sides) thought this has solar on the inside also. And the vessel on the left has no solar panels on the sides.

 

[gattispilot]

Of course when they ever get to moon they may be different.

So this is what we have so far. The newest FLEX/LTV has a light bar and no side solar panels,....