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AARAMBH, The Futuristic Lunar Surface Vehicle

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 71st International Astronautical Congress (IAC), The Cyberspace Edition, 12-14 October 2020.
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IAC-20-A5.1.10 (60373)

AARAMBH, The Futuristic Lunar Surface Vehicle

a
Shreyansh Sharma *, Nithyaashree Giridharanb, Adarsh chandrac, Kunal Bavikard

a
Department of Aerospace Engineering, RV College of Engineering, Mysore Road, Bengaluru, Karnataka,
India, 560059, shreyanshs.ae19@rvce.edu.in
b
Department of Aerospace Engineering, RV College of Engineering, Mysore Road, Bengaluru, Karnataka,
India, 560059, nithyaashreegiri@gmail.com
c
Department of Civil Engineering, RV College of Engineering, Mysore Road, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India,
560059, adarshchandra.cv19@rvce.edu.in
d
Department of Aerospace Engineering, RV College of Engineering, Mysore Road, Bengaluru, Karnataka,
India, 560059, bavikarkunal@gmail.com
* Corresponding Author
ABSTRACT

The human dream to colonize the moon will be a reality soon. Colonization demands for an effective
and reliable transport system. To enhance comfortable lunar surface travel, a novel vehicle design is
proposed in this paper. The motivation for putting this idea on paper comes from the difficulties a
conventional lunar rover poses like slow movement, heavy and stiff spacesuits of astronauts while
operating. AARAMBH which means “Start” in Sanskrit, is the proposed vehicle having a chassis
developed with the combination of Aluminium alloy and Aerogel. Aluminium alloys are used due to
their excellent pressure handling capability, structural stability, material reliability, and high strength to
weight ratio. Aerogel which is used in the interior has good thermal insulation properties, which help
in maintaining the optimum temperature of the vehicle. Iterations of brainstorming led the team to the
finalisation of the vehicle’s propulsion considering the constraints like efficiency, availability etc.
Inexhaustible solar energy source will power the vehicle for its mechanical and electrical operations.
The challenge was to provide the optimum human body functioning environment inside the vehicle.
Life support systems provided inside the vehicle ensures optimum pressure and temperature. A mix of
active and passive thermal controls is proposed. Novel air control system will provide the oxygen from
lunar soil. Safety mechanism for the passengers in the case of emergency is discussed. AARAMBH
aims to provide an ideal vehicle design that will help the future colony to travel on the lunar surface
with ease. This small vision can help in realization of the moon colonization dream of mankind.

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