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Today marks the 40th-anniversary of the original manned lunar landing, and NASA hopes to have more astronauts touch down on the moon's surface by 2020. According to FOXNews, the next moon visitors will be traveling in style once they get there with new, high-tech, pimped-out moon wheels.
The original lunar rover first toured the moon in 1971, but that outdated crawler pales when compared with the new ride. The Lunar Electric Rover (LER) will feature an enclosed cabin, sleeping bunks, and large windows. If the space voyagers notice something interesting through the windows, changing stations will allow casually dressed astronauts to don space suits within minutes.
NASA says the vehicle will boast rotating wheels (spinners anyone?) which will enable forward, backward, and sideways driving. Another drastic difference is the vehicle's power cell: this battery on steroids will enable extended trips that could last as long as a few weeks. Road trip! [From: FOXNews]
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Subscribe to commentsdsl4u2nvJul 22nd 2009 7:25PM
A big waste of money,
groovyruvyJul 20th 2009 11:31AM
But does it have cupholders?
chinanolan98Jul 20th 2009 12:02PM
Those who say don't go back to the moon or beyond to Mars are like the guys who said; "Columbus, what good is this place America you've discovered?" and then promptly threw Columbus in jail. If we don't watch it, we'll be the Spanish in 200 years and someone like China, India or even North Korea will be the English and later the new America in space.
AltairAntaresJul 20th 2009 12:35PM
Definitely agree with Chinanolan. We learn vast amounts when we try to do stuff like this, and the potential when we do get an economic way to transport stuff to and from the moon is something that will get more and more useful as stuff gets more and more expensive to mine on earth (and as people start to gripe more and more about environmentalism).
twisted1fatexxJul 20th 2009 1:53PM
How sure are you people that we actually landed on the moon 40 years ago? Have you seen the footage how the flag seems to be waving as if theres an atmosphere or a slight gust or breeze.. the moon is in a vacum its in space there is no atmosphere. There are alot of questionable and pretty impossible things in the moon landing footage. Another example are how the cross airs that were on the camera in some shots apear to be behind objects such as astronauts and the amearican flag but in the same shot some of the cross airs that were supposedly embeded in the lens of the camera are in front of other object like the lunar rover.... someone please explain how and why this is possible... as much as id like to believe that we landed on the moon there is just too many questionable things in the footage of the moon landing ... im not sure what to believe anymore...
mpardalJul 20th 2009 4:22PM
It's pretty silly to believe that something involving thousands of people was a fake and never happened.But I suppose all you conspiracy theorists are all alike, the more you try to disprove your ridiculous idea the more you see it as proof of a conspiracy.So good luck with your theory but anyone with a little common sense knows the truth.
Happy 40th anniversary to all the brave men and women responsible for one of the greatest events in the history of mankind!!!!
Michael HartJul 20th 2009 3:37PM
Do a google search. All of these items have been properly explained. There is even a Mythbusters episode on it.
red1531Aug 16th 2009 5:30PM
Hey, Twisted fate, haven't you heard that the flag began waiving when one of the astronauts passed gas?