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Starship Could Carry Jeep-Sized Rover to the Moon as Early as 2026
The rover's size enables it to serve as an unpressurized passenger vehicle, experimentation point, and payload delivery vehicle all at once.
By Adrianna Nine April 4, 2023
This is so cool. I hope it drives into a moon cave!
The rover's size enables it to serve as an unpressurized passenger vehicle, experimentation point, and payload delivery vehicle all at once.
By Adrianna Nine April 4, 2023
Starship Could Carry Jeep-Sized Rover to the Moon as Early as 2026
The rover's size enables it to serve as an unpressurized passenger vehicle, experimentation point, and payload delivery vehicle all at once.
www.extremetech.com
Thanks to a new commercial contract between SpaceX and aerospace startup Astrolab, the biggest lunar rover yet will hitch a ride on Starship when the rocket makes its debut trip to the Moon.
Astrolab announced Friday that it had reached an agreement with SpaceX regarding the transport of its Flexible Logistics and Exploration (FLEX) rover. Per the agreement, SpaceX will use its super-tall Starship rocket and corresponding Super Heavy booster to bring FLEX to the Moon whenever SpaceX is ready to do so.
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk initially hinted that Starship’s orbital test would occur sometime in late 2022. When that didn’t happen, he said there was a possibility launch would occur in February 2023, and if not then, sometime in March. We’ve now passed both of those windows. Although SpaceX has finally rolled Starship’s Ship 24 out to Starbase’s orbital launch pad, anything could happen between now and the rocket’s estimated April 10 liftoff.
This is so cool. I hope it drives into a moon cave!