Introduction to the TALARIS Project: A Lunar Hopper Prototype for the Google Lunar X-Prize Contest
Phillip M. Cunio
Thu Jan 28, 02-03:30pm, Room 33-206
Single session event
This event will briefly present the TALARIS (Terrestrial Artificial Lunar And Reduced gravIty Simulator) hopper prototype, currently being developed by the Space Systems Lab, which will pave the way for an entry into the Google Lunar X-Prize contest (MIT is partnered with Draper Laboratories, Sierra Nevada, and Aurora to form the Next Giant Leap team) and possibly for future generations of
a new kind of planetary exploration vehicle: the remotely-operated hopper. An overview of the program and of the technical details of the hopper will be provided, and afterward the floor will be open for questions. Persons with a general interest in space exploration, persons with an interest in joining the project, and the general public are all welcome.
Web: http://www.nextgiantleap.com
Contact: Phillip M. Cunio, Room 37-387, pmcunio@mit.edu
Sponsor: Aeronautics and Astronautics
Latest update: 04-Jan-2010
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