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$42 million has been allocated by the Australian government, with a plan to launch to the moon later this decade.
Australia has selected the team who will be responsible for building the nation’s first lunar rover to go to the moon.
The goal is to send this semi-autonomous rover to the moon later this decade with the support of the Australian Space Agency and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
The federal government is allocating $42 million (US$26.6 million) of taxpayer dollars to build and operate the lunar rover, which has been dubbed “Roo-ver.”
ELO2, a consortium of 21 companies and research partners, has been selected to deliver the rover for the Australian Space Agency following an 18 month design process.
Lunar rovers were driven on the moon in the last three missions of the Apollo program, 15, 16, and 17 during 1971 and 1972.
However, Industry and Science Minister Ed Husic said this mission was about much more than a historic Aussie moonshot.
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“It’s leveraging and building on our know-how in robotics, automation and advanced engineering to build Australia’s manufacturing future,” he said.
Husic added the team behind Roo-ver were…
