UNL Microgravity: Team Fast
Project: Lunar soil is much different from terrestrial soil, consisting of a large percentage of very fine particles.
Lunar soil also contains very irregular and jagged particles formed from the sintering together of broked grains during
micro-meteorite bombardment. NASA has soil simulants that replicate the unique characteristics of lunar soil. It is
known that the flow of lunar soil and lunar simulant soil is very different from terrestrial soil. Flow characteristics
of lunar soil in the 1/6 gravity of the moon is needed for engineering of lunar outpost facilities.
The experiment would involve the design of a transparent closed container containing a "V" shaped hopper with an opening.
The rate of flow through the hopper provides information about the flow characteristics of the soil. Several different soils should be tested in 1-g and in 1/6 g with the "V" hopper. Soils will include, JSC-1A lunar simulant, NU-LHT, and sand.
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Spring Break '09 - Painting
We managed to get our frame painted yesterday. It looks a little nicer than just bare metal and welds. It took a couple hours to complete, including a quick run to the store for more paint, and the spray cans left a blister on my finger. Oh, the sacrifices we are making. All joking aside, it is nice to see this come together more and more each day. This picture is of Nick kneeling on a recycling bin by the loading dock where we painted our parts. I'm not really sure if it was necessary, but it wasn't my place to question his methods. The paint job ended up looking great, and with some Nebraska decals, it will sport some Husker red as well.
Here's another shot of the finished frame.
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We managed to get our frame painted yesterday. It looks a little nicer than just bare metal and welds. It took a couple hours to complete, including a quick run to the store for more paint, and the spray cans left a blister on my finger. Oh, the sacrifices we are making. All joking aside, it is nice to see this come together more and more each day. This picture is of Nick kneeling on a recycling bin by the loading dock where we painted our parts. I'm not really sure if it was necessary, but it wasn't my place to question his methods. The paint job ended up looking great, and with some Nebraska decals, it will sport some Husker red as well.
Here's another shot of the finished frame.
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