Fan Cheng NASA selected the enterprise to send the water seeking robot to the moon
Published on:2020-06-29
Xinhua news agency, Beijing, June 15, new media special telegram according to the report on the website of CNN on June 11, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced that the agency chose the space robot technology company established for 13 years to put a "water seeking" robot man on the lunar surface by the end of 2023. Relevant contents are compiled as follows:
Under a new fixed price contract, Pittsburgh based space robotics will receive $195.5 million to build and test a lander that can transport NASAs Agkistrodon to the lunar surface.
After the Agkistrodon took a rocket into space, the Griffin lander of the aerospace robotics company will help it complete the last part of its 239000 mile journey and carry the Agkistrodon from orbit to the south pole of the moon for soft landing.
Agkistrodon halys will be a 1000 pound four wheeled lunar rover that will spend 100 days on the moon looking for water ice. Learning to find and collect water ice on the moon could be transformative for space exploration - and for commercial companies that see outer space as a golden place to do business.
Water ice can be converted into drinking water or oxygen, which is crucial for human beings to establish a long-term existence on the moon. By separating hydrogen and oxygen molecules, water can also be converted into rocket fuel. In this way, NASA or a commercial company can establish an outpost to refuel rockets for aircraft to explore the universe more deeply.
American made spacecraft - whether unmanned or manned - landed on the surface of the moon nearly half a century ago. Under the leadership of vice president Mike burns, NASA has been focused on accelerating the restart of the lunar exploration mission. Burns said last year that NASA should "take all necessary measures" to return humans to the moon by 2024.
The timetable has been widely criticized as unrealistic because most of the hardware needed by astronauts for space travel has not even been seen. NASA director Jim bridenstein insists this can be done.
A key component of NASAs program is the widespread reliance on public-private partnerships to stimulate innovation and cut costs. NASA is sending fixed price contracts to commercial companies, which will take over most of the research and development of various aircraft, including the lunar lander. This is quite different from the approach taken by NASA in previous lunar exploration programs such as Apollo. In the previous plan, although NASA cooperated with private enterprises, the design and testing process was largely completed by NASA itself.
According to the design, the lunar lander of aerospace robotics will only carry robots and other goods. But the mission is a key part of a series of scientific and exploration missions NASA hopes to carry out before astronauts return to the moon.
According to the previously signed contract, the United States may carry out two lunar missions next year. Space robotics plans to deliver goods to an crater on the front of the moon, while Houston based intuitive machine may deliver five payloads to the huge dark spot on the western edge of the front of the moon, the storm ocean.
Under a new fixed price contract, Pittsburgh based space robotics will receive $195.5 million to build and test a lander that can transport NASAs Agkistrodon to the lunar surface.
After the Agkistrodon took a rocket into space, the Griffin lander of the aerospace robotics company will help it complete the last part of its 239000 mile journey and carry the Agkistrodon from orbit to the south pole of the moon for soft landing.
Agkistrodon halys will be a 1000 pound four wheeled lunar rover that will spend 100 days on the moon looking for water ice. Learning to find and collect water ice on the moon could be transformative for space exploration - and for commercial companies that see outer space as a golden place to do business.
Water ice can be converted into drinking water or oxygen, which is crucial for human beings to establish a long-term existence on the moon. By separating hydrogen and oxygen molecules, water can also be converted into rocket fuel. In this way, NASA or a commercial company can establish an outpost to refuel rockets for aircraft to explore the universe more deeply.
American made spacecraft - whether unmanned or manned - landed on the surface of the moon nearly half a century ago. Under the leadership of vice president Mike burns, NASA has been focused on accelerating the restart of the lunar exploration mission. Burns said last year that NASA should "take all necessary measures" to return humans to the moon by 2024.
The timetable has been widely criticized as unrealistic because most of the hardware needed by astronauts for space travel has not even been seen. NASA director Jim bridenstein insists this can be done.
A key component of NASAs program is the widespread reliance on public-private partnerships to stimulate innovation and cut costs. NASA is sending fixed price contracts to commercial companies, which will take over most of the research and development of various aircraft, including the lunar lander. This is quite different from the approach taken by NASA in previous lunar exploration programs such as Apollo. In the previous plan, although NASA cooperated with private enterprises, the design and testing process was largely completed by NASA itself.
According to the design, the lunar lander of aerospace robotics will only carry robots and other goods. But the mission is a key part of a series of scientific and exploration missions NASA hopes to carry out before astronauts return to the moon.
According to the previously signed contract, the United States may carry out two lunar missions next year. Space robotics plans to deliver goods to an crater on the front of the moon, while Houston based intuitive machine may deliver five payloads to the huge dark spot on the western edge of the front of the moon, the storm ocean.
