Who said engineering is not sexy?
In this great video our Japanese moon rover is showing off some of its dance moves for the Nagisa Music Festival in Tokyo last weekend, coinciding with the solar eclipse.
Who said engineering is not sexy?
In this great video our Japanese moon rover is showing off some of its dance moves for the Nagisa Music Festival in Tokyo last weekend, coinciding with the solar eclipse.
WLS team members have undertaken the first tests of the torch igniter design that will eventually be used set alight the throttleable motor on our lunar lander as it descends to the moon. The first tests were inconclusive and indicate the some tuning is needed for the propellant supply system, however that is expected to be resolved in the next couple of weeks.
Below are photos of some components of the torch igniter and the custom test rig that was built to support the tests.
The motor will be commercialized by the Dutch company EDL Hypersystems B.V..
Kids had a lot of fun with our Rover! Even grown-up too!
Continuing to introduce our Google Lunar X PRIZE competitors to the Japanese audience, Mr Atsushi Minegishi from our Japan office recorded this video (in Japanese) about the Selenokhod team.
1.Rover Engineer Introduction
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Takuya Ougi, Software Engineer
Worked for software development and maintainace for a gound station system that
controls sattelites from the ground. He loves challange, and in a positive and
negative way, gets everyone involved.
Ryo Kouhei, Software Engineer
Simon O'Reilly reminds everyone that there are just a few days left to enter this competition and win a chance to remotely drive the White Label Space rover on the Moon. Visit our facebook page to enter.
The Chairman of White Label Space, Dr Andrew Barton, talks in this video about his views on innovation and the Google Lunar X PRIZE. Topics covered include his definition of innovation, how the new space industry differs from the traditional one and the rise of China and India.