Mars may be a hellhole, but the moon is not far behind
Welcome to the second space race. You can be forgiven for experiencing déjà vu. Last time, it was the Soviet Union and the United States vying to be the first to plant some flags. Now it’s a sprint to the lunar surface between America and China—alongside a host of varyingly…
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Autonomy will be there right from the start. NASA’s new version of the moon buggy, its Lunar Terrain Vehicle , can be driven by the astronauts riding in it but can also be piloted remotely from Earth (or from elsewhere on the moon). There are visions, too, of adding modular robotic arms, towing vehicles, and cargo movers—all still in the preliminary stages of planning.
Over the next few decades, though, we’ll likely want an army of robots to do our bidding: excavators to dig up lunar rocks that could be turned into concrete and bricks, plus other robots to flatten surfaces, dig trenches…
