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#1 2009-10-28 02:43:39
- Selene
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- Registered: 2009-10-20
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Chinese moon lander
Chang'e future Moon Lander:
Models of the future Chinese moon lander and robot vehicle are seen in this November 2004 file photo taken at the Zhuhai Airshow.
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#2 2009-10-28 08:20:50
- MarsOz
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Re: Chinese moon lander
cool. kinda reminds me of your lander.
"Whoopie! Man, that may have been a small one for Neil, but that's a long one for me."
- Charles Conrad, Apollo 12
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#3 2009-10-29 15:18:44
- Phil Stooke
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Re: Chinese moon lander
Very nice image. To me though it looks top-heavy, as if it might fall over if it landed on uneven ground. I believe that the most robust landing system will either have a low centre of gravity (like Surveyor) or be self-righting (Like Luna 9, Luna 13, Mars 3 and Mars Pathfinder/MER). At the very least on that image I would want to see more widely splayed legs. I acknowledge that the Apollo LM and Lunas 16-24 were more like this lander in design, but the point about this Chines lander and any GLXP lander is that they will be first attempts by their designer, not drawing on long experience.
Phil
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#4 2009-10-30 02:32:24
- Selene
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Re: Chinese moon lander
Yes, the picture is an artist view, a first draft.
A 3-D-model of the Luna 17 and 21 decent stage can be watched here:
http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/ … &ct=lc
I attached a screen shot below:
The tanks are arranged as low as possible.
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