A Queensland-based consortium will design, build and operate the Australian first Moon rover, which is set to launch later this decade.
ELO2 Consortium has been selected to design, create and operate Australia's first lunar robot, Roo-ver.The 20-odd kilogram robot will head to the Moon in the latter half of this decade to collect lunar soil, known as regolith.Australian Space Industry head Enrico Palermo said establishing a sustainable human presence on the Moon was a major focus for the space community."That's going to sustain human presence on the Moon.
The Australian Government has invested $42 million into the mission and NASA has agreed to then take the robot to the Moon.The consortium features 21 organisations and is co-led by Brisbane company EPE and the Melbourne arm of US aviation and aerospace company, Lunar Outpost.ELO2 Consortium's Warwick Penrose said the alliance consisted of large companies like BHP, several universities and small start ups from around the country.
"Work is happening now, dollars are being invested around the nation to uplift those robotic capabilities.""This really deepens Australia's ability to showcase what we lead the world in, and that is remote operations," he said. Mr Penrose said Roo-ver would play an important role in possibly getting people to Mars, by understanding what resources are on the Moon."We have to try and establish life on the Moon. The only way we're going to get to Mars is build a rocket that gets from the Moon to Mars.While Roo-ver will have a big job to do, Mr Palermo said it would not be returning to Earth."It will operate for about one lunar day, which is about 14 Earth days and it has a lot of work to do.
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