Mars lunar landing today1/22/2024 NASA’s eventual rover will be a home away from home for the astronauts. Reagan explained that the final design of the rover will have to keep the crew warm, keep electronics cool, carry solar panels for recharging, have compartments for the crew to eat and sleep and be able to automatically drive itself to meet astronauts at various locations. The pressurized rover is designed to be a home away from (lunar) home for astronauts conducting extensive scientific projects. Here’s some of what the team has been testing. “I think we’re building an excellent product that the American people will be proud of.” “If it were easy, everyone would be doing it,” Reagan said. Reagan believes the cost is worth it, and that once people see the fruits of their efforts, they’ll believe that too. Landing astronauts on the moon will not only further scientific understanding, but will also act as a stepping stone for eventually landing a person on Mars, and mapping out NASA’s longer-term “blueprint for solar system exploration,” Free said. “The moon contains a great deal of the history of the universe.” “It’s what we do,” said Jim Free, associate administrator for exploration systems development at NASA. WATCH: Artemis rocket blasts off in big step toward returning astronauts to the moon But the mission has been criticized for running over schedule and billions of dollars over its anticipated budget, leading some to question why NASA wants to send people to the moon again after all these years anyway. Artemis, approved by then-President Donald Trump in 2017, is expected to land the first woman and first person of color on the moon’s surface in 2025. The similar rock composition and stark landscape makes for an ideal testing ground for astronauts and the equipment they’ll use in space.Įarly Wednesday morning, NASA launched its Space Launch system, the space agency’s most powerful rocket ever, that’s designed to go to the moon and back as a test run for a future crewed mission. NASA has been using northern Arizona as a simulation site since the Apollo program in the 1960s. Tested in partnership with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, it’s designed to take astronauts to “scientific sites of interest,” and allow them to work multiple days away from their home base, said Marc Reagan, Desert RATS program mission manager. “If it were easy, everyone would be doing it.”
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