Nasa's new lunar rover in action
Matt Brown
Wednesday, 26 March 2008 16:08 UTC
Check out this video from New Scientist.
It shows a working model of a next-generation lunar rover called the Chariot; a 12-wheeled manned vehicle with optional plough that could be heading to the moon sometime around 2020.
More here.
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That thing is huge. Surely a more compact design will be needed for whatever is being flown up to the Moon?
It does look very cool, but the NASA press release for the Chariot is a bit downbeat about the prospect of it actually getting anywhere:
“Some, all or none of these features may be selected for the design of a rover that eventually goes to the moon.”It also notes that “NASA’s lunar architects currently envision pressurized rovers that would travel in pairs, with two astronauts in each rover.”
If you added a pressurized cab to this model of chariot and then shipped two them to the Moon you’d be looking at a big load.
Nature blog from last year on moon rover:
http://blogs.nature.com/news/thegreatbeyond/2007/09/pimp_my_moon_buggy.html
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