price of lunar meteorite, since that is close enough to
our mysterious lunar material. A 0.08 gram chunk of the
Looking up the total
lunar landing and liftoff, we get:
BUDGET
) for a
BUDGET
= PDI + PAI
= 2,181 + 1890
The Boeing Space Tug with a Lunar Lander Kit attached
by the awesome Russian rocket pioneer Konstantin
Example
Since the lunar lander is capable of producing more
material.
equipment we will deposit on the lunar surface weighs
the science equipment with the same amount of lunar
material. We will continue to use the CM (with a crew of
becomes:
M1 = WeightEM + WeightKIT + WeightTRAY
* Weight of lunar material
+ WeightSCIENCE + WeightCM
M0 = M1 + Weight
Conclusion
The mass ratio (RatioMASS
therefore becomes:
RatioMASS = M0
students at The Learning Community Charter School
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1
Since the rocket engine nozzle has to be retracted to
EXH
the lander is capable of producing is:
get to reuse the lander, we get all of our money back,
EXH
* ln(RatioMASS)
that this lunar landing mission uses a spaceship that was
designed way back in 1971.
better known as Moon rocks!
References
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www.RocketSTEM .org
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