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Solar-Powered Moon Rover To Explore Apollo Landing

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. horsecock, sodomy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    horsecock, sodomy.

  2. Apollocaust. by Luke727 · · Score: -1, Troll

    Killing Jews - on the moon!

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  3. I'm sick of the lies and the crap by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    When I see stuff like this it just boils my blood--WHO GIVES A CRAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wake up, people! Our government/military/defense industry complex have anti-gravity tech. They have free-energy tech. They have been interacting with non-human humanoids. They have all the know-how and means to create civilizations we have seen in movies like Star Wars and games like Eve Online. Those are the kind of projects that should be on our minds and that should be getting our attention! Not this tinker toy CRAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
     

  4. Re:Here's hoping they'll observe from a distance by PPH · · Score: -1, Troll

    The studio lifted the LEM upper stage with a crane and added the rocket exhaust as animation later. Everything is safe in props storage.

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  5. Re:oblig capricorn one quotes by superdana · · Score: 0, Troll

    The day Slashdot finally figures out character encodings is... well, at this rate, probably never.

  6. Re:Buzz Aldrin punch by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Well, Buzz just proved that he WAS a coward and a liar. And an inarticulate monkey who couldn't use words and just flailed his arms.