More detailed design work has been done towards vehicle certifications and manufacturing plans. Most of this work is done by project Engineer, Bruce Armstrong. We hope that by having everything planned in detailed from the start, we will save money by cutting down on labour costs due to uncertainty and mistakes. But a lot of precious time is taken up by the need for all this documentation; we must find ways to spend less time describing things and more time actually building them.
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Notification of Annual General Meeting
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Chassis Moves to Cannington
The Rover chassis was moved from the manager's carport in Fremantle, WA, where it had been undergoing inspection and rebuilding. During its time there, the concept and design work on the pressurised body shell was substantially reworked. An important development was a wooden mockup which helped verify design ideas and dimensions with respect to ergonomic fitting of the human driver to the controls, a complex but vital design issue for any vehicle. Once this was built and tested, measurements from the mockup were transferred into the AutoCAD design package we're using for the plans. Recently the mockup was dismounted and the chassis was shifted to a contractor's workshop in Cannington, where assembly of the real bodywork will shortly begin. This is a major landmark in the construction of the rover.
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3 Down, 1 to Go: Mars Launch Countdown Begins
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Graham Mann talks on Mars analog exploration in Australia
Conferences to Watch For
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Conference Update
August 22-24
Perth, Western Australia
Don’t forget to register for AMEC 2003 and take advantage of the earlybird registration. Click here to find out more, including a Call for Papers and secure Online Registration. AMEC is the annual Mars Society conference and will bring together researchers, academics and Mars enthusiasts from around the country and internationally, to find out the latest developments on human Mars exploration and Mars analogue research.
Extension of Deadline for AMEC 2003 Papers
Successful Joint Canadian-Australian Expedition at MDRS Now Completed
You can read more, view photographs and follow the progress of the Crew 14 mission until completion by checking the reports at the Mars Desert Research Station website at http://www.marssociety.org/MDRS/fs02/ Read the press release and see the...