Weekend Edition
Fri-Mon / 29 Oct – 1 Nov 2021

Artemis Era Robotic / Human Moon Vehicles Being Designed and Manufactured Internationally

NASA to construct its first autonomous Moon rover, VIPER, at JSC late 2022, with landing near Nobile Crater NET late 2023; VIPER weighs 450kg with 0.75 kp/h top speed at total cost of US$433.5M; <$500K Carnegie Mellon University 2kg micro-rover Iris, is launch ready; $37.6M Australia rover launching NET 2026; Custom fabricator Hookie of Germany / Russia designer Andrew Fabishevskiy will display Tardigrade concept Moon motorcycle at ADV: Overland in LA; Japan and USA industry including Toyota / General Motors in planning stages of pressurized and unpressurized crewed vehicles

Credits: Hookie, IAC, NASA, CMU, Toyota, Lockheed Martin