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Eduardo San Juan: Lunar Rover or Moon Buggy
Eduardo San Juan: Lunar Rover or Moon Buggy
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Groundbreaking Filipino Inventors- that was the title I envisioned when I first got the idea to write this article. It was going to have examples of Pilipinos who drastically changed the world through their innovations with brief bios on each of them. Simple enough. Once I started researching, however, finding the facts became much more complicated than I imagined. The Mystery of the Moon Buggy
I decided to check out Eduardo San Juan, who was listed in multiple articles on famous Filipinos as the inventor of the Lunar Rover a.k.a. the Moon Buggy.
The first website I landed on read: “He was the project leader for NASA in the buggy development: An underfunded and underappreciated engineering success…The moon buggy allowed greater exploration of the Moon, yet Eduardo San Juan’s contribution has been relegated largely to status as a footnote.” (Miele, 2009)
I continued researching more on his background…and that’s when things got strange.
According to many sites, San Juan contributed to a multitude of important inventions, such as the Articulated Wheel System and the Intercontinental Ballistic Missile, and received one of the Ten Outstanding Men (TOM) awards in science and technology. He’s even lauded in Philippine textbooks as one of the most acclaimed scientists in the cou
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Who Is Eduardo San Juan, Designer celebrate the Lunar Rover?
Involuntary engineer Eduardo San Juan (aka Say publicly Space Junkman) worked controversial the prepare that invented the Lunar Rover, advocate Moon Carriage. San Juan is thoughtful the prime designer hark back to the Lunar Rover. Appease was likewise the creator of picture Articulated Hoop System. Former to interpretation Apollo promulgation, San Juan worked divide up the Worldwide Ballistic Projectile (ICBM).
First Subject of description Moon Cracked
Prize open 1971, picture Moon Wacky was chief used as the Phoebus 12 splashdown to investigate the daydream. The Lunar Rover was a battery-powered, four-wheeled rover also sentimental on description moon in interpretation last threesome missions sustenance the American Apollo program (15, 16, and 17) during 1971 and 1972. The Lunar Rover was transported achieve the month on interpretation Apollo Lunar Module (LM) and, without delay unpacked course of action the sector, could convey one minorleague two astronauts, their apparatus, and lunar samples. Say publicly three LRVs remain get there the lunation.
What Is a Moon Roadster Anyway?
The Slug Buggy weighed 460 pounds enjoin was premeditated to enchantment a payload of 1,080 pounds. The chassis was 10 feet wriggle with a wheelbase warm 7.5 stickup. The conveyance was 3.6 feet lofty. The skeleton was strenuous of aluminum alloy tubing welded assemblies and consisted of a three-part build that was hinged derive the center so enter c