NASA to look for thoughts for an Artemis lunar rover
NASA intends to give a call for thoughts for a lunar rover that could be utilized by future maintained missions to the moon and, in the same way as other different components of the Artemis program, be created in an partnership with industry.
Talking at the SpaceCom Expo here Nov. 20, Tom Cremins, NASA partner administrator for system and plans, said the office will before long release a solicitation for data for an unpressurized lunar wanderer for use by space explorers on Artemis lunar landing missions.
"We want that [rover] there when the first crews arrive and then be there subsequently to be able to be used potentially autonomously from the Gateway, to conduct operations and to add to the science objectives," he said.
That RFI, which he said would be released "in the coming weeks,"...