Philosophy
by
Attila Nagy
May 6th, 2013
io9
I excavated this photo of an interesting US moon rover concept from a 1962 Hungarian science journal. I have not seen this prototype before, and sadly there is only a little info about it.
What is known: It was made in the United States. The inflatable wheels were made of polyesther and aluminum, each of them are 6 meters tall, but only weigh 60 kilograms.
The whole vehicle was 1200 kilograms.
I don't have any idea who created this design, or which company made this rover in the heat of the Space Race.
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Philosophy
Moon rover prototye ca. 1962
"This Early Lunar Rover Prototype Was Almost Forgotten"
by
Attila Nagy
May 6th, 2013
io9
I excavated this photo of an interesting US moon rover concept from a 1962 Hungarian science journal. I have not seen this prototype before, and sadly there is only a little info about it.
What is known: It was made in the United States. The inflatable wheels were made of polyesther and aluminum, each of them are 6 meters tall, but only weigh 60 kilograms.
The whole vehicle was 1200 kilograms.
I don't have any idea who created this design, or which company made this rover in the heat of the Space Race.
- Premature Death Notice...jade Rabbit Lives
"China's Jade Rabbit rover comes 'back to life': Xinhua" February 13th, 2014 SPACE DAILY China's troubled Jade Rabbit lunar rover has survived a bitterly cold 14-day lunar night, officials said Thursday, prompting hopes...
- Deceased--yutu
"Farewell to Yutu" by Morris Jones February 12th, 2014 SPACE DAILY By now, it seems almost certain that China's Yutu Moon rover has died a premature death in the cold lunar night. The rover has been exposed to sunlight for a few days, and...
- Jade Rabbit Has Landed On The Moon
"China's Jade Rabbit Moon rover sends back first photos" December 15th, 2013 BBC NEWS The first robot to land on the Moon in nearly 40 years, China's Jade Rabbit rover, has begun sending back photos, with shots of its lunar lander. Jade Rabbit...
- Mining Other Worlds
The RASSOR robot climbs a hill during recent testing at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. "Engineers Building Hard-working Mining Robot" by Steven Siceloff January 29th, 2013 Kennedy Space Center After decades of designing and operating...
- “genesis Rock”
Almost 40 years ago this day [July 30th, 19171] Apollo 15 landed on the Moon. And one of the items brought back to Earth was the so-called “Genesis Rock” which after analysis was dated to be 4.5 billion years old making it almost as old as the solar...