Our open source partner Lunar Numbat is working on the throttle valve controller for our lunar lander. See this blog post for their latest progress (post also includes two videos of testing of the controller). Lunar Numbat is currently working on three projects for our Google Lunar X PRIZE (GLXP) mission.
April 3, 2010 - by Lunar Numbat Progress on Throttle Valve Controller
April 2, 2010 - by Communication in space
Rockets: not subtle. Rocket science humor, on the other hand… Let’s clear up a few things with the IPv6 protocol and packets in general.
March 31, 2010 - by IPv6 and beyond
Note: this posting was our contribution to April fools day! If you want to know more about the real thing take a look over here
March 31, 2010 - by ARCA video journal entry 18 - preparing Easter postcards
Simona Popescu and Claudia Parvu prepare poscards for Easter. It is in ARCA tradition to send postcards on important holydays to every person and insitution we collaborate.
March 31, 2010 - by Cooling strap for motor enters testing
Beating the boiling temperatures of the lunar day requires both good insulation to reject exterior radiation and an internal system to wick heat away from the electrically powered components that generate heat inside the robot.
March 31, 2010 - by Special Yuri's Night Seminar at TU Munich
On Monday the 12'th of April, White Label Space's lead engineer for the lander, Dr Andrew Barton, will present a special seminar at the Technical University of Munich (TU-München) on a Roadmap for a European Lunar Lander. The event will coicide with the Yuri's Night celebrations in Munich.
March 31, 2010 - by Selenokhod at the Gagarin Memorial Conference
On March 9-12, Selenokhod made a presentation at the Gagarin Memorial
Conference.
Interest in our Google Lunar X PRIZE project and private space
exploration was so huge that team PR-manager/EPOL Pavel Sharov
had to make three presentations during the Conference.
He answered many questions, and he enlisted the support
of many space companies and organizations.
Many honored VIPs took part in this memorable space event, including March 30, 2010 - by Conquering the moon with good music!
March 30, 2010 - by ARCA video journal entry 17 - about video journal success
Simona Popescu, ARCA PR, speaks about traffic increase on web channels where we are present. Youtube views have tripled since and we had also a major increase on ARCA website and Facebook page.
March 28, 2010 - by Video update on the team's tech progress
The team is progressing on the new technologies to be incorporated in the third prototype, fabricating composite parts and putting components through deep-freeze tests, as shown in this new overview video.
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