The Design Synthesis Exercise (DSE) is a design exercise performed at the end of the third year of the Bachelor degree of Aerospace Engineering at the Delft University of Technology. The project is performed by ten students during ten weeks, under guidance of one principal tutor and two coaches. During the project, the students are introduced to the process of designing towards the needs of external clients.
This particular DSE project consists of two groups of ten students, designing a mission compatible with the requirements posed by the Google Lunar X-Prize Foundation. The first group selects the launch vehicle and designs the trajectory to the Moon, as well as the lunar lander. The second group designs the mission on the lunar surface itself, including the vehicle that will roam the surface.