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Solar-Powered Moon Rover To Explore Apollo Landing

Posted by samzenpus on from the check-out-the-whole-stage dept.

Mike writes "Carnegie Mellon roboticist Dr. William Whittaker has teamed up with Astrobiotic Technology to develop a solar powered moon rover that will explore the Apollo landing site in 2011. The photovoltaic clad robot features two electric motors in the hub of each wheel, and a half cone of solar generators up top that will power the wheels, run computers, and beam stereo HD video back to earth. The project has been entered in the $25 million Google Lunar X Prize competition."

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  1. But wait... by argmanah · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Couldn't they just send a rover to like Nevada or something? I read on the internet that's where the moon landings happened, so it must be true.

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  2. Re:Really? REALLY? by Splab · · Score: 1, Redundant

    It's the economic crisis at work, NASA can't afford to build a new set for a "moon landing", so they are just reusing their old one, thus requiring them to have a cover up for why the old props are in the shot.