Britain's first moon rover is a four-legged robot that will explore lunar tunnels

CNBC ^ | Oct. 10, 2019, | Ryan Browne,

[BenLurkin]

British start-up Spacebit. It has sensors that can take measurements and collect exploration data for researchers to analyze.

The robot also comes equipped with cameras — one of which can take “robot selfies” — and can withstand big swings in temperature, from 130 degrees Celsius (266 degrees Fahrenheit) in the day to minus 130 degrees Celsius at night.

It will also eventually be able to navigate through so-called lunar lava tubes, which are tunnels beneath the surface of the moon thought to have once been filled with lava. Spacebit says this is something that hasn’t been achieved before.

The company signed an agreement with U.S. firm Astrobotic to launch its first mission in 2021 on Astrobotic’s Peregrine lunar lander. The American lander will be launched on a Vulcan rocket from a site at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

[PIF]

Buy stock in Dalotek.

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Isn’t that the international company founded by the that doctor? Isn’t the CFO some character named Nardo? I can never remember the doctor’s name, particularity after the sex change operation ... maybe you know the doctor who?

[wally_bert]

I was thinking of an episode of UFO.

[BenLurkin]

Who does number two work for?

[fieldmarshaldj]

*ping*

[yesthatjallen]

This is the original rover.

It apparently went off a cliff on the first day of shooting and they had to rush to find a replacement. Someone suggested a weather balloon.

[PIF]

I think that show and episode where written by the same doctor, you know who.

[octex]

Don’t forget “Wait Until Dark”!