Exploring the Moon... in style.
"People spent two nights in the rover and three days traversing all over the lava flow doing actual geologic science conversing with Mission Control in Houston and really simulating a real lunar mission," Omar Bekdash, a NASA engineer involved in the project, told the broadcaster.Despite the rover's advanced engineering, it's actually fairly easy to drive, using a joystick for basic maneuvering.
That was a deliberate consideration by its designers since the astronauts using it will be expected to drive around in the rover for up to days at a time. So they threw a toilet in, too, for good measure, making it even more like an RV. The NASA crew even have to camp out there, which is the perfect analogue to the distinguishing factor of NASA's
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