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When Elon Musk’s SpaceX assists NASA bring a lorry to the Moon, it probably will not be a Tesla (TSLA-3.97%).
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NASA just recently granted Space X and Jeff Bezos’ Blue Original agreements for its Human Landing Systems, charging them with determining how to carry roving cars to the moon by 2032 as part of its Artemis program.
As Auto Evolution reports, SpaceX and Tesla weren’t provided agreements to create and develop the rover.
That work is currently being done by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, which has actually been establishing a rover with Toyota (TM +0.78%) because 2019 called the Lunar Cruiser.
The unpressurized rover is expected to be able to bring 2 suited-up astronauts and more than 1,000 pounds of freight to assist astronauts check out the moon’s surface area and conduct experiments.
“Based on present style and advancement progress for both team and freight landers and the Artemis objective schedules for the team lander variations, NASA designated a pressurized rover objective for SpaceX and a lunar environment shipment for Blue Origin,” Human Landing System program supervisor Lisa Watson-Morgan stated in the declaration, according to Space.com.
If the objective is successful, it will be the very first time astronauts have actually strolled on the moon because the 1970s. The objective of the objective is to develop a long-term home on the moon near its lunar South Pole.