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Was reading up on all the various corporate partnerships with NASA and how they relate to various aspects of our return to lunar exploration within Project Artemis.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_program
Besides being completely impressed with our plans for two stations, one as an earth orbiting staging ground for outbound transits and a second Gateway lunar orbiting station as staging base for surface bound missions and refueling for return trips, it got me thinking of how the Cyberquad ATV could totally be a cheap/mass produced non-pressurized personal lunar terrain vehicle for astronauts to quickly and economically (power-wise) navigate the lunar surface.
I'm sure the geniuses at tesla/space x could turn our earth bound ATV into a highly efficient moon buggy that is self-sustaining through solar panel recharging batteries. The lesser gravity would mean less power demands from the powertrain that could possibly be charged solely from the angular body of the cyberquad.. if the body surface was fully made up of solar panels!
How cool would that be if we got to the point of homogenous vehicles that with minimal effort to swap parts based on earth/moon terrain could see successful usage both on earth and in space! Every CT owner who buys a cyberquad gets to say they have their own lunar terrain vehicle!
Could also potentially drastically reduce production costs for lunar terrain vehicles, which is in line with Space X/Tesla's decision to use the same stainless steel for rockets and CT. Hell.. they could even make the CT a lunar exploration vehicle if only it didn't weigh so damn much!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_program
Besides being completely impressed with our plans for two stations, one as an earth orbiting staging ground for outbound transits and a second Gateway lunar orbiting station as staging base for surface bound missions and refueling for return trips, it got me thinking of how the Cyberquad ATV could totally be a cheap/mass produced non-pressurized personal lunar terrain vehicle for astronauts to quickly and economically (power-wise) navigate the lunar surface.
I'm sure the geniuses at tesla/space x could turn our earth bound ATV into a highly efficient moon buggy that is self-sustaining through solar panel recharging batteries. The lesser gravity would mean less power demands from the powertrain that could possibly be charged solely from the angular body of the cyberquad.. if the body surface was fully made up of solar panels!
How cool would that be if we got to the point of homogenous vehicles that with minimal effort to swap parts based on earth/moon terrain could see successful usage both on earth and in space! Every CT owner who buys a cyberquad gets to say they have their own lunar terrain vehicle!
Could also potentially drastically reduce production costs for lunar terrain vehicles, which is in line with Space X/Tesla's decision to use the same stainless steel for rockets and CT. Hell.. they could even make the CT a lunar exploration vehicle if only it didn't weigh so damn much!
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