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NASA’s battery powered Pressurized Rover next for the moon
Bharat | Oct 25 2008

Re-exploring the moon has become the latest fad for scientists, as if they were bored with Earth. Reaching the moon again and further unraveling its mysteries is their desire. There isn’t any hesitation in saying – we will reach the moon again. NASA has been there in the past, and is now out with their latest rover to meet the feat again. This is the pressurized rover, which comes after the Apollo series, and it aims to assist astronauts to scout the lunar frame.

What’s innovative:

The conceptual pressurized rover has interior seating made out of leather, which accommodates two astronauts. Running on batteries, the rover can run at 10kmph, and do about 625 miles on a single charge. The most innovative of all its features is that the astronauts using it wouldn’t require a space suit. A module on top of the chassis helps the astronauts sit inside comfortably, observing the status outside through the large windows. The space suits shall be needed for sure once the astronauts step outside the small pressurized rover. Watch this:

Currently in the test phase in the Arizona desert, we believe this pressurized rover could help astronauts glean the additional information we seek about the Earth’s satellite, and the only thing that backs our statement there is the fact that NASA is the name seen attached to it.

NASA via: HeraldSun

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