The contracting for the next moon buggy for Artemis has begun.
to have private industry build the next moon rover, officially known as the Lunar Terrain Vehicle , which Artemis astronauts will use to traverse the area around the moon's south pole and beyond. The new draft request for proposals, which is the first step in the lengthy contracting process, hfor industry partners to review and comment on before providing a formal proposal to build the LTV.
The unpressurized rover is expected to traverse hundreds of miles per year to giveaccess to a wide variety of locations for prospecting, exploration and scientific research. It will also be capable of remote control if necessary and is expected to be available for commercial uses when not in service of a NASA operation.
In a response to a question about how the new Lunar Terrain Vehicle will be different from the previous vehicle used during the Apollo missions, NASA public affairs officer Rebecca Wickes at Johnson Space Center in Houston told Space.
This strategy should ultimately keep the cost to US taxpayers lower than were NASA to contract out the LTV exclusively, as was the case with the
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