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Perpetual Lunar Rover
I had this idea a while ago and dismissed it as nothing more than a bit of a joke, but after some more thought I think it might be a good idea. Follow me on this...
The moon rotates very slowly. It does one revolution every 27.5 days. That means that at its equator the shadow of night/day is moving at 16.53 km/h. Given the low gravity, good sunlight, and lack of clouds; would it be possible too build a lunar rover that could operate on solar power, self navigate obstacles, and be fast enough to stay in the sunlight long enough to circle the moon? What I am suggesting is an autonomous rover that circumnavigates the moon.
What would the engineering challenges of that be? I don't know exactly why a person would want to do it other than because it is a damn cool idea. I am going to mull over the engineering and come back with some ideas.
Bill
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