GM Design refines its Lunar Terrain Vehicle concept:
The GM Design squad has uploaded a refined version of its lunar rover concept to its Instagram page. The new video of a potential moon buggy for NASA's Project Artemis moon mission gives us a longer and better glimpse at GM's vision for how astronauts might one day get from their lunar apartments to their lunar labs and lunar 7-Elevens.
As for the rover itself, the basic layout hasn't changed from the one GM Design showed when it announced it's working with Lockheed Martin on the project; there are two seats ahead with a cargo bed aft. The seatbacks on the new concept are shown folded down when the rover is in autonomous mode on its way to astronauts, lifting automatically when human riders are ready to get on board.
GM isn't the only auto industry concern working on going even more boldly where man has gone before. Toyota has showed an enclosed, six-wheeled, hydrogen-powered rover it worked on with Japanese space agency JAXA, Hyundai repurposed its Cradle robot for lunar duty as the Tiger X-1, and vehicle powertrain testing company AVL is working with Northrop Grumman, Michelin, and another partner.
You can expect a lot more lunar talk as Project Artemis prepares to establish a lunar base at the moon's south pole. Beyond the LTV, NASA has also said it wants a larger, sealed, mobile platform that will effectively allow astronauts to go glamping away from the Artemis base camp. And since Project Artemis is considered a stepping stone to a colonized Martian base, the consortiums that provide successful lunar rovers will probably get the hole shot at the Red Planet.
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