| BBS2 Program
TOP GEAR's James May had the privledge of driving the Lunar Rover on the show. James's on the Lunar Rover, "It's the most fabulous vehicle I have ever driven." You can check it out on www.flixxy.com/lunar-rover-test-drive-top-gear.htm |
| We were awarded by NASA the contract to do the Finite Element Analysis,Aid in Design, and Fabricate Two Lunar Rovers for their 2015 journey back to the moon, the Orion Moon Mission. The order was placed for two chassis, one light weight and one heavy weight. |
| NASA contacted Off-Road International based on our expertise in designing and fabricating off-road vehicles. The Lunar Rover is basically the ultimate off-road Exploration Vehicle. We had designed and built vehicles to go to the ends of the earth, now our vehicles were going even beyond. |
| At President Obama's inauguration,in January of 2009, Off-Road International's NASA Lunar Rovers made their public debut, put through their paces by NASA's elite Astronauts. Below are pictures of the Lunar Rover Chassis at their very beginning. Our Off-Road International's crew, beginning with raw materials, created the ultimate Exploration Vehicles. Well the first thing to do when working on Lunar Rovers is to place Elton John's Rocket Man on the Juke Box!! |
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| Lunar Rovers were fabricated on the same surface plates as hundreds of exotic racing machines | Pictured: Just a few of the sub-components we created that when joined together become a Lunar Rover |
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| PICTURED ABOVE: SOME OF THE SUB-COMPONENTS WE FABRICATED FOR THE LUNAR ROVERS |
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| Next we had to build fixtures for the fabrication, hundreds of tubes had to be ground, fitted and welded, a rotisserie had to be fabricated so once the frames were built on surface plates, they had to be removed and turned so no welds were missed. |
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chassis being built on surface plate, and second chassis placed on rotisserie Pictured below is chassis on rotisserie and five bar diamond plate being added to the chassis |
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enormous amount of welding that had to go into this project Pictured Below: Chassis back from powder coating and panels are being installed |
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installed onto chassis Pictured Below: Lunar Rovers are finished, ready to deliver to NASA |
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| Pictured above is the Lunar Rovers being put through rugged tests before being shipped to the moon |
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