A team of 11 ASU students competed for the fourth year in the 5th annual Great Moon Buggy Race held at the US Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama, on April 18, 1998. One of the judges was on the original design team for the actual Moon Buggy sent to the Moon. Front trailing arms and a rear suspension inspired by Moon Devil III have given us very plush suspension this year.
Air bladders give the rear end four inches of travel.
An internal bike hub shifter that can be shifted while loaded or stopped gives us a wide gear range. Boeing Mesa allowed several team members to actually manufacture the material at its facility. To prevent the wheels from folding we machined our own very wide hubs. This makes stopping a breeze. Regardless of how well a team performed, all the participants learn about resolving engineering problems and about the engineering challenges of the space program.