April 12, 2008
NASA Chariot Tests
NASA plans to test lunar truck near Moses Lake, Columbia Basin Herald
NASA will launch lunar vehicle to Moses Lake, AP
"Central Washington might not seem like a lunar landscape to some people, but NASA sees enough similarities with the moon that it plans to test a prototype of a lunar vehicle there this summer. NASA is preparing to send astronauts to the moon by 2020 to build a lunar outpost. As part of that preparation, it's testing a prototype of a 1 ton lunar truck called the Chariot. NASA expects to begin testing the vehicle near the Grant County ORV Park on June 2 or 3 and finish about two weeks later, said Lucien Junkin, a robotics engineer and the design lead with the Johnson Space Center."
Posted by kcowing at April 12, 2008 3:12 PM
