Lunar transit telescope lander design

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Oct 1991

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1991asee.nasaq....o&link_type=abstract

In Alabama Univ., Research Reports: 1991 NASA/ASEE Summer Faculty Fellowship program 5 p (SEE N92-15850 06-80)

Computer Science

Launch Vehicles, Lunar Surface, Telescopes, Feasibility, Infrared Radiation, Launch Dates, Mirrors, Scanners, Ultraviolet Radiation, Weight (Mass)

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The Program Development group at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center has been involved in studying the feasibility of placing a 16 meter telescope on the lunar surface to scan the skies using visible/ Ultraviolet/ Infrared light frequencies. The precursor telescope is now called the TRANSIT LUNAR TELESCOPE (LTT). The Program Development Group at Marshall Space Flight Center has been given the task of developing the basic concepts and providing a feasibility study on building such a telescope. The telescope should be simple with minimum weight and volume to fit into one of the available launch vehicles. The preliminary launch date is set for 2005. A study was done to determine the launch vehicle to be used to deliver the telescope to the lunar surface. The TITAN IV/Centaur system was chosen. The engineering challenge was to design the largest possible telescope to fit into the TITAN IV/Centaur launch system. The telescope will be comprised of the primary, secondary and tertiary mirrors and their supporting system in addition to the lander that will land the telescope on the lunar surface and will also serve as the telescope's base. The lunar lander should be designed integrally with the telescope in order to minimize its weight, thus allowing more weight for the telescope and its support components. The objective of this study were to design a lander that meets all the constraints of the launching system. The basic constraints of the TITAN IV/Centaur system are given.

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