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JAXA, Toyota Start Research for Manned Pressurized Rover

Posted on 16 July 2019 by Ken Zino

In what was largely a rerun of a release from 12 March 2019, when the two parties announced their agreement to consider collaboration, the organizations formally agreed to carry on. The prototype rover will be a modified version of a standard production vehicle. (JAXA and Toyota Agree on Future Mobility – A Lunar Rover) Continue reading →

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JAXA and Toyota Agree on Future Mobility – a Lunar Rover

Posted on 12 March 2019 by Ken Zino

Mobility is necessary for human exploration activities on the lunar surface. Even with the limited amount of energy that can be transported to the moon, the pressurized rover would have a total lunar-surface cruising range of more than 10,000 km. Continue reading →

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