Puli Space Technologies (named after the ''
puli'', a small
Hungarian dog
breed
A breed is a specific group of domestic animals having homogeneous appearance (phenotype), homogeneous behavior, and/or other characteristics that distinguish it from other organisms of the same species. In literature, there exist several slig ...
) is a Hungarian company established by individuals in June 2010 in order to take part in
Google Lunar X Prize Challenge and other competitions, and further to facilitate development of
space industry in
Hungary, to promote scientific thinking and encourage students to choose scientific careers.
[Our Mission]
Google Lunar X Prize
By the end of August 2010, the Team finished a "Letter of Intent", and by October 2010 the fundraising started. On 11 January 2011 the team announced it transferred the registration fee.
Total registration fee transferred
The registration (together with the last eight teams) was announced on 17 February 2011.[
]
Puli spacecraft
The Puli spacecraft was planned to be finished by 2014. It was planned to be launched by a commercial carrier rocket, and to reach the Moon on its own.
In the team's early concept traveling on the lunar surface was planned to be achieved by changing the spherical lander's center of mass
In physics, the center of mass of a distribution of mass in space (sometimes referred to as the balance point) is the unique point where the weighted relative position of the distributed mass sums to zero. This is the point to which a force may ...
, making it roll. Later they redesigned the rover to run on four "wheg" (wheel of legs) structures. During 2012 the second, bigger rover of that concept (Iteration 2) was constructed and underwent running tests.
See also
* MaSat-1
References
External links
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Private spaceflight companies
Technology companies established in 2010
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Hungarian companies established in 2010