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May 1, 2007 11:22 pm US/Mountain

CU Builds House That Might End Up On The Moon

by Shaun Boyd
BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4) ― Ten aerospace engineering students at the University of Colorado at Boulder are building a mock lunar lander for NASA's 2018 mission to the moon.

With little direction from NASA and no precedent to base their design on, the students started from ground zero at the beginning of the semester with building materials from a local hardware store.

"I never thought in my wildest dreams we'd be doing something like this," student Kevin Higdon said. "Here we are at the end of this semester, we feel like we've got a facility started. Now we want to look at hatch design, power requirements and life support systems."

Professor David Klaus, who worked for NASA, said while the space agency gets free labor, the students are the real winners.

"What we're hoping is to help NASA define the configuration and figure out the requirements," Klaus said. "And they're getting an experience that gives them the opportunity to walk into a Lockheed or Boeing and say, 'I helped design the lunar lander.' That's quite something to have coming out of school on their resume."

Student Courtney Wright has already landed a job at Lockheed Martin building the rocket that will transport the house to the moon.

"I hope to be in it," Wright said.

This semester is the first time CU has offered a lunar module design class. It will continue for the next few years so future students can complete the mock-up lunar lander.

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