July Public Meeting | Rhabdomancer: Prospecting for Water Reserves at the Lunar South Pole with James Kirby

This is the free monthly meeting of the Space Association of Australia - all welcome!

NEW VENUE: Megaflex Room (08.04.13), Building 8, Level 4, Room 13, RMIT University, 360 Swanston Street, Melbourne

TIME: 6:30 - 9:00 pm

The meeting will be streamed live here and then made available on-demand via the Space Association's YouTube channel - SAA.TV.

RMIT University participated in the 2018 RASC-AL (Revolutionary Aerospace Systems Concepts Academic Linkage) Forum. The annual competition for universities is managed by the National Institute of Aerospace on behalf of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 

Rhabdomancer: Prospecting for Water Reserves at the Lunar South Pole with James Kirby

Water is crucial to opening the frontiers of space to human exploration and development. Observations from the the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) and Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) have suggested the presence of water ice deposits on the lunar south pole. The next step is to validate these observations and to determine volume and dispersion characteristics of lunar water ice through sample return.

Rhabdomancer is an unmanned multipurpose evolutionary system architecture designed primarily for the extraction and delivery of pristine geological soil samples from points of interest at the southern lunar pole to the Lunar Orbital Platform - Gateway, formerly known as the Deep Space Gateway (DSG).

RMIT HIVE Rocket Team: The Australian Youth Aerospace Association's Australian Universities Rocket Competition

The Australian Universities Rocket Competition (AURC) is Australia’s first national university rocketry competition hosted by the Australian Youth Aerospace Association. Commencing in 2018, the AURC is designed with the aim to provide graduate engineers and scientists with the skills required for the growing aerospace industry in Australia. It also aims to provide a practical competition for Australian students passionate about rocketry.

The AURC was inspired by a number of rocket competitions around the world, with the intention to integrate the best parts of these and to design the greatest tertiary rocket competition. Furthermore, the AURC aims to encourage student teams to be as multidisciplinary as possible to reflect complex, real life space projects that require a mix of engineers and scientists from different backgrounds. This event continues the AYAA’s legacy of promoting education, awareness and involvement in the aerospace industry to young Australians.