Toyota is developing a Rover for lunar mission
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Just a couple of days ago all of humanity reminisced about the first ever landing on the moon in the mission «-11». While space agencies around the world has again turned its gaze in the direction of the satellite of our planet. Already, many countries, including the US, China and announced plans to visit the moon. Joins and Japanese Agency JAXA, for which well-known automaker in the face of Toyota needs to develop manned lunar Rover.
When the Japanese landed on the moon?
According to the plans of JAXA, they will be able to send astronauts to earth's satellite by 2030. The Rover for this mission should be ready a year earlier, in 2029. The plan works on creating the Lunokhod we'll talk later, but for now let us look at some characteristics of the future «lunar machine».
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Six-wheeled Rover will seat two people and can translate them at a distance of 6200 miles (a little over 9900 miles). While it will work on solar energy. The size of the Rover will be 6 meters long, 4 meters wide and 3.6 meters in height. The amount of usable space inside — approximately 42 square meters.
When will be ready from Toyota?
As plans for a lunar Rover, the Toyota and JAXA had quite a busy schedule. The first phase of development of the Rover has already started. In the General plan as follows:
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- 2019 fiscal year: definition of technological elements that need to be developed for movement on the surface of the moon, preparation of technical specifications for the construction of a prototype of the Rover. the
- 2020 fiscal year: manufacturer of test details for each technological item, production of the first prototype of the Rover. the
- 2021 fiscal year: testing and evaluation of the fabricated test parts and prototype Rover. the
- 2022-2024: fabrication and evaluation of a prototype lunar Rover in 1:1 scale, collection and verification of data on the drive systems required for lunar exploration. the
- 2024-2027: design, fabrication and evaluation of an engineering model of the lunar Rover, the design of the real model in the final form. the
- 2027-2029: fabrication and testing of the model, verification of performance and quality.
If companies manage to stick to deadlines, to scheduled for 2030, the launch of the lunar mission, the Rover needs to be fully prepared. It needs to be delivered to the surface of the moon a little before of people. JAXA wants to help astronauts to explore the lunar poles and for a more detailed study of the surface of the satellite of our planet. If the mission is successful, a new modification of the Rover can be used, for example, during the flight to Mars.
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