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Structures and Mechanisms Card Storming¶
Unsorted list of ideas¶
- DIGITAL FABRICATION OF COMPONENTS AND MECHANISMS
- could be a problem if it's used to make something that is itself controlled
- AN OPEN PLATFORM OF STANDARDS (Like LEGOS)
- vague, but shouldn't be a problem
- PAYLOAD MOUNT FOR ARDUINOS
- I have a hard time seeing how this would be a problem; nobody's using an arduino on an actual launch vehicle
- UPGRADED ELECTRONICS PAYLOAD STRUCTURES - LIKE FOR FIN-FACING CAMERAS
- payload adapters for launch vehicles are controlled
- "...including the articles identified in section 1516 of Public Law 105–261: satellite fuel, ground support equipment, test equipment, payload adapter or interface hardware..."
- FABRICATION IN MAKERSPACES WITH LOCAL TOOLS
- fine as long as nothing needs to be controlled
- or we invent a new way to build an ad-hoc network of people who obey export controls
- EXPERIMENT WITH DIFFERENT MATERIALS AND MANUFACTURING TECHNIQUES
- The rules do specify that model/HP rockets need to have a minimum of metal components
- any advanced materials or techniques will inevitably run into USML or CCL rules
- SOFTWARE TOOLS - CODECAD AND OPENSOURCECAD (CADQUERY)
- already open source tools will be fine
- we might run into trouble if we create new software for modeling actual launch vehicles
- COLLAPSIBLE AND EXPANDABLE MECHANISMS (“ORAGAMI ROCKET”)
- fine as long as it's model/HP sized
- THE “BLACK BOX” FOR MODEL ROCKET (CHEAP, DURABLE, RECOVERABLE, LIKE www.carbonorigins.com)
- shouldn't be a problem; no intention of going to space; no active controls; model/HP sized
- HARDWARE TOOLS AND JIGS
- SCALABLE PARTS, AND THE ASSOCIATED STANDARDS FOR USING THEM
- SOFTWARE - STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS TOOLS (LIKE FEA, NASTRAN, etc.)
- (linked to propulsion as well) PROPULSION TEST STAND STRUCTURE
- fine if it's model/HP sized
- (stretching outside the box a bit) SCALE MODEL OF A SIMULATED LAUNCH COMPLEX. FULL GROUND OPS SIMULATION
- (linked in to aerodynamics as well) FIN DESIGN BASED ON J’S MASTERS THESIS (OPTIMIZING SUPERSONIC STRUCTURES TO PREVENT FLUTTER)
- this information is probably fine if it's already gone public domain due to being academic
- But anything going supersonic will probably be not-fine
- STRUCTURAL TESTING (DESTRUCTIVE OR OTHERWISE)
- probably fine, unless it's like for advanced composite structures
- STRUCTURAL DESIGN BEST PRACTICES FOR MANUFACTURING, AND OPERATIONS, (AKA LIFECYCLE CONSIDERATION)
- STRUCTURAL INTERACTIONS WITH THE GROUND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT
- MATERIALS TESTING FORM AN ENVIRONMENTAL PERSPECTIVE (UV, THERMAL, (eventually) VACUUM
- this probably crosses the line somewhere, but I'm not sure what to search for specifically
- STRUCTURAL INCORPORATION OF A “MISSION OBJECTIVE” (like rube goldburg, or scientific experiment)
- (linked to electrical/power) HOW TO INCORPORATE POWER STORAGE INTO STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS
- probably fine unless one or more of the specific technologies is too advanced; not sure what to search for
- ADDRESSING REUSABILITY CONCERNS WITH RESPECT TO STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS
- HIGH-RELIABILITY RECOVERY SYSTEM (MECHANISMS)
- (building on Legos idea) Modular model rocket kit (1 kit, several rockets; maybe based around NARTREK missions)
- fine since it's model/HP sized
- Structural Analysis software for both dynamic and static analysis
- probably crosses a line when it gets advanced; not sure what to search for
- Launch Pad design/structures
- the MTCR lists this stuff as controlled, but I think it's only for rockets that can go 300km
- Go extermely small size (Just how small can I get it?)
- fine since it's too small to sell or use in the military
- sharing files, etc
- educational/entertainment
- very open source
- Evaluation/research of tools and machines required to build rockets at scale we are looking at -> Toolset analysis
- might actually be fine as long as it's not actually used to build a launch vehicle
- Make sure the materials research covers non-obvious choices (to us at least) like composites, etc
- Unconventional rockets, like rocket/jet-powered rotors
- might skirt the regulations
- would probably be caught under a more general categorization no matter what
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