MMArs Expetition...preparation work..

Hi, I was kind of in debt about the preparations for the MMArs (Moon-Mars Atacama Research Stations) expedition. As you probably know, the MMArs facilities are in charge of the Universidad de Antofagasta at the Chilean Atacama desert, the most arid desert in the world and certified by NASA as the most similar Moon and Mars surfaces on Earth.

So, lucky for the AngelicvM Team we have it here on Chile and we went there at the end of May of this year (28 to 31 of May) to test our Dandelion concept robotic rover...we already show some pictures and videos of the dandelion rover test, but here is how we prepare for the expedition...

We start working on the new Dandelion concept rover variation called "Dandelion Heavy-Duty" (AKA: Bastardelion), which is based on the Tyco Shocker Shell toy, so we ripped of! to extract the motors and do some tests on the parts that we can use for our purposes...

Sometime even I do some work :-) ...

Here are our new "Younglings" making their first soldering....ahhh nothing like the tin and finger burn smell in the morning :-)

They get in charge of Hugo to help the preparation of the tension and pressure spur/blade experiment...

Alba and Carlos get in charge of the Dandelion Heavy-Duty build...

Ahhhh Frankendelion is Alive!!, ...is Alive!! :-)

All guys working...

Xino and Pablo get in charge of the Solar Panel/Cells charging experiment, so as usual in our beloved south of Chile, we was forced to use our artificial Sun for preliminary tests... ;-)

Blanco and Pequeño get in charge of the construction of a metric tape to test velocity, acceleration and other parameters from an "outside the rover" point of view...

Of course with the help of a little friend ... :-)

Oscar was in charge of the "Gravity Car", this car will allow us to simulate (in a very raw way by the 

way) a lower weight of the rover, since on the Moon gravity is 1/6 of the one on Eart...

The new blades/spurs and aluminium chassis arrive just in time a couple of days before the expedition thanks to Sitecna that is helping us in this matters...

For this expedition we wanted to test a spur variation in which each one is more square...

The new chassis is about 20% bigger than the previous one, this extra space allow us to fit the components more easy and test and measure things more quick...

Nice!!!...

Pequeño and Blanco also build a number of Micro-Dandelion for the MMArs expedition and also as gifts  for the GLXP Team Summit...huge success on the Summit!!!

 Of course we end up working late the las couple of days, but with the proper amount of sugar and music all is fine :-) ...never forget to get FUN!!! :-)

Ahhh the new Bastardelion variation...

And the whole REAL Group!!!

Once again...an excellent job!!..I'm so pride to be in charge of this group, one of the joys of my life...Thank you guys for believe in this...

Here is a video that summarize the MMArs expedition...