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Maybe a Knex-style mesh ball design would be a good way to construct landers where it could land, roll to a somewhat upright position, flatten out or eliminate
by kylehotchkiss 3y ago
Maybe a Knex-style mesh ball design would be a good way to construct landers where it could land, roll to a somewhat upright position, flatten out or eliminate the ball mesh, and then deploy upright with solar ready to go. Having 2 entire missions that got us to the surface without a hitch and losing the lander just due to positioning is so unfortunate.
- perilunar 3y agoLike this, but rockets instead of rotors: https://www.wired.com/2015/02/drone-bounces-around-disaster-sites-like-beach-ball/ https://www.wired.com/2015/02/drone-bounces-around-disaster-...
- kylehotchkiss 3y agoI googled quite a bit to find a picture of what I meant and this is exactly spot on
- tivert 3y ago> Maybe a Knex-style mesh ball design would be a good way to construct landers where it could land, roll to a somewhat upright position, flatten out or eliminate the ball mesh, and then deploy upright with solar ready to go. Kind of like the Mars Pathfinder-style landing system? They were tetrahedrons that could land on any face, then right themselves while unfolding.