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spired after my 5th grade science teacher "Mr. Mestler." He was an inspirational teacher, made science fun and exciting, and was a positive contributor to my education, career path, and interest in science and space exploration. Vehicle names are historically tied to something or someone of relative importance in science, exploration, education, etc., so I thought this was appropriate. As for the remaining two vehicles; The rover was named "ANDRover" which is derived from "Android Rover." That seemed logical since the rover was remotely controlled by a Samsung Galaxy Nexus (which uses the Android operating system). The launch vehicle sadly never had a name and was just referred to as the launch vehicle. Life can be unfair at times. The stages of the Mestler project lander and rover are detailed in Figure 2. Approach and Design Initially I wasn't entirely sure how to achieve my final objec- tive because I had no idea what I needed to do to get there! Sure, I understood the three basic pieces to the puzzle were a launch vehicle, a lander, and a rover; but where do I start? What comes first? So many moving parts and sys- tems relying on or dependent upon each other. So, I set out with the lowest common denominator and most important part of the mission: the rover. Everything else would be designed and built to support the rover vehicle. I'm a big fan of minimalistic functional design and of the SpaceX Falcon vehicles. I wanted the "look and feel" of the Falcon series designs. So, I did what I could to reflect them in a tall, slender, bull nosed design (with minimal fins) yet still provide the functionality needed to fulfill my project goals. Figure 3 shows the completed launch vehicle. The Rover "ANDRover" ANDRover was designed to capture POV video while being re- motely controlled via a Bluetooth uplink to a modified Samsung Galaxy Nexus (mounted in the lander). The rover build was es- sentially broken down into two categories. The first category being the physical platform itself, which was made of a small Lego brand SPORT ROCKETRY MAY/JUNE 2017 21 FAI International competition comes to NARAM-59 during its opening weekend, July 29-30, 2017. Come and watch or compete in the events. The top three American performers in each event will qualify to represent the United States in the 2018 FAI World Championships held in Poland. Please check out the NARAM-59 website for current up to date information, or contact the flyoffs CD, Mike Nowak, at mikemnowak@gmail.com. The NAR and its corporate sponsors provide generous support to Junior team members, so come on out and join us!" Come Fly With Us! Come Fly With Us!