#NASA’s VIPER rover to look for water, resources on moon

#NASA’s VIPER rover to look for water, resources on moon

“#NASA’s VIPER rover to look for water, resources on moon” NASA’s ambitious lunar program Artemis will send the agency’s first mobile robot to the moon in late 2023.  The Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, also known as VIPER, would search the planet for ice and other resources on and below its surface that could potentially be harvested for long-term exploration in the future.  Using…

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#GM, Lockheed Martin are developing a lunar rover for NASA

#GM, Lockheed Martin are developing a lunar rover for NASA

“#GM, Lockheed Martin are developing a lunar rover for NASA” General Motors and Lockheed Martin will develop a vehicle to drive NASA astronauts around on the moon’s surface, they said Wednesday, competing for a space project that could also promote their brands on Earth. GM and Lockheed said they would collaborate to make a battery-powered,…

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#Europe pitches lunar satellites plan

#Europe pitches lunar satellites plan

“#Europe pitches lunar satellites plan” BERLIN — The European Space Agency presented a vision Thursday to put satellites in orbit around the moon that would facilitate future missions to Earth’s closest neighbor. The plan, dubbed “Moonlight,” would see ESA offer communications and navigation services to any country that wants to carry out lunar exploration missions….

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#The Confrontational Humanism of Duncan Jones’ Moon

#The Confrontational Humanism of Duncan Jones’ Moon

“#The Confrontational Humanism of Duncan Jones’ Moon” Welcome to The Queue — your daily distraction of curated video content sourced from across the web. Today, we’re watching a video essay about the interconnecting themes of isolation, marketing, and futility in Duncan Jones’ Moon. Over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, I’ve accumulated a handful of…

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