A San Antonio company snagged a grant from NASA to continue its research on how to design robots that can build a landing pad on the moon.
From left, Milton Cordova, mechanical engineer; Bob Doyal, ceramicist; Don Hooper, planetary geologist; and Ron Wells, chief technology officer of Space Port are developing the architecture and materials needed to create a lunar landing pad and potential dwelling units on the surface of the moon.by the late 2030s. But before then, it needs to build a lunar base as a midway point. And to build a lunar base, it needs a landing pad. To build a landing pad, it needs a space architect.
Whoops! There was an error and we couldn't process your subscription. Please reload the page and try again. And in addition to the permanent smokescreen it could create, the shower of high-speed moon dust could sandblast any existing equipment on the moon such as tractors and habitats. The University of Adelaide in Australia, which has a center for space research and a lunar simulation lab, will also contribute expertise. An aerospace company in California, Venturi Astrolab, will advise on how to connect the system to a robotic rover.
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