[General] Fwd: Last Flight of my Lunar Lander

[Ethan Chew]

Hello!

     One of our members, Wayne/DarkJedi (the guy who builds costumes)
builds rockets in his profession.  For the past two years, he working on a
robotic lunar lander that will be used by NASA for testing equipment and
control algorithms for future space landers.  So far, they have been doing
programmed test flights to hover and maneuver the lander.  Tomorrow at
around 10:30am-11am CDT, NASA will be live webcasting a test flight.  Wayne
will be a Red Crew Leader, so he will be out in the pad working on loading
and prepping the lander.

Links to the live video of the event can be found here:
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/marshall/news/news/releases/2011/M11-130.html

                 - Ethan/spacefelix

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From: Ethan Chew <eflyingfelix at gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 5:18 PM
Subject: Fwd: Last Flight of my Lunar Lander
To: Ethan Chew <spacefelix at gmail.com>




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From: Wayne Neumaier <wneumaier at gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 4:04 PM
Subject: Last Flight of my Lunar Lander
To: David Reimer <davre.gamob at gmail.com>, Ethan Chew <eflyingfelix at gmail.com>,
Jessica Koch <jeccabee at gmail.com>, Eric Hiller <mrraptor98 at hotmail.com>,
Rachel Hiller <hiller1 at illinois.edu>, Paul Martin Ardam <pmardam at yahoo.com>,
Mary Ardam <Marylouise64 at hotmail.com>, Maura Jananne Ardam <
mardam at hotmail.com>, Marissa Ardam <ristagirl at yahoo.com>, Madeline
Christine Touhy <Madeline at mydb3.com>, woodarcj <woodarcj at nsstc.uah.edu>


Hello everyone.

As most of you know, I have been working on a vehicle called the Warm Gas
Test Article (WGTA) for the last two years. The lander is a first of its
kind prototype designed to prove out algorithms for the next generation of
lunar landers. For the program I designed, built, integrated, operate, and
maintain the propulsion system for the vehicle which uses 90% hydrogen
peroxide that breaks down into water and steam, and is the first propulsion
system in almost 50 years to use this propellant.

Tomorrow will be the last flight of the season (we are hoping to resume
testing in the spring) and NASA decided that we are going to broadcast the
flight LIVE over the internet. I’m not sure how much of the preflight
operations will be broadcast (set up, fueling, etc) but the flight should
take place somewhere between 11 and 12. The press release with the links
for the video can be found here:

http://www.nasa.gov/centers/marshall/news/news/releases/2011/M11-130.html

My role during testing is Red Crew Leader, which means I will be out by the
lander doing the preflight checklist and loading the vehicle with
propellants. If you’re curious what I do at work, this is a good
opportunity to see.



-Wayne
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