CHARTING A COURSE TO THE MOON

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CHARTING A COURSE TO THE MOON

• TEAM NAME PWS
• Purrells Water-Seekers

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NAVIGATION PLAN EARTH TO MOON
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PWS ENGINEER CREWS UNMANNED APOLLO 2009

• To get into the atmosphere, the rocket fires the
  main rocket booster and two of the smaller rocket
  boosters. The 2 small rockets that were used to
  get out of the atmosphere run out of fuel, but
  they stay on the rocket.
• Since the main rocket boosters still has fuel it
  takes the ship to the moon. When the rocket gets
  close enough, it fires its smaller rocket toward
  the moon. When it impacts it is more powerful.
• A computerized system to control the rocket by
  Navigators will be installed.
• The unmanned spacecraft will contain solar panels
  to help re-energize the spacecraft. While in
  space the solar energy will power the ship
  throughout its journey. The rocket itself will be
  made out of titanium.

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PWS CARTOGRAPHER CREWSROUTE AND ORBITAL PATHS

• The Apollo 2009 will take approximately seven
  days to reach the moon. It will take four days to
  orbit the Earth twice and three days to get to
  the moon. We are going to enter the transfer
  orbit at an angle. (see map photo at the left).
• It will orbit the moon 40 times so it will take
  80 days to orbit. Then it will impact the moons
  North Pole Region at a 65 degree angle.
• The time frame from launch to impact will be 87
  days, which will occur on November 23, 2009.
• Post-impact, our mission will continue for one
  year for data collection.
• The mission is estimated to be completed at an
  approximate date of November 23, 2010.

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NAVIGATOR CREWINSTRUMENTS, CONTROL, AND TRACKING

• To stay on course we will use a satellite chip
  and thrusters. We will have the chip inside the
  rocket and the satellite on Earth. The satellite
  will locate the rocket by locating the chip and
  indicate the location of the rocket.When the
  rocket gets off course we will locate it then we
  will use the thrusters. If the thrusters dont
  work we will use the Hohmann Transfer,(Orbital
  Maneuver). The Hohmann transfer orbit is part
  elliptic orbit, that will connect the Earths
  orbit and moons orbit. That will allow the
  spacecraft to travel through these connected
  orbits.
• In addition, it will have a chip installed in it.
  We will also use a GPC, (General Purpose
  Computer). A satellite will pick-up the signal
  sent from the chip. The satellite will send the
  information it gathers to a computer. The
  computer will show the original course to the
  moon and the course that the rocket will be
  currently on throughout the mission.

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NAVIGATOR CREWPROBLEM SITUATION

• Based on the measurements and formulas below we
  estimate that the thrusters need to be fired for
  8 seconds.
• The following formulas are what we used
• FMxA
• VAxT
• V/A
• M10lbs. A10 kilometers. V80. T8 F100