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NASA's New Lunar Rover, Now Testing In Arizona

MarkWhittington writes "NASA has unveiled a new prototype lunar rover, called the Chariot, a production version of which is hoped to be operational on the lunar surface by 2019. NASA is now testing the Chariot lunar rover in Arizona, on terrain that resembles the lunar surface." Perhaps Arizona's an even closer match to the moon's surface than is Texas, or Moses Lake, WA where NASA was testing the last time we mentioned Chariot. (Here's a bit of video from the Texas round.)

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  1. It looks strangely familiar by retech · · Score: 1, Funny
  2. Re:One concern... by mcbutterbuns · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm certainly interested in how they plan to control that)

    Why with a little help from our friends B & D:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DustBuster

  3. Re:Actually by Arivia · · Score: 3, Funny

    If you spent a week there one day, you may want to see a doctor.

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