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Astronauts Ride in Style in New Moon Truck

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NASA's new prototype for a future moon truck is proving to be the ultimate lunar RV, allowing astronauts to take extended road trips without the constant drag of bulky spacesuits.

A terrestrial version of the Small Pressurized Rover, which can go forward, reverse and side-to-side to tackle tough terrain, is completing a three-day drive across the Arizona desert today after a successful week of testing, NASA officials said.

"It's just an incredibly capable machine," said Doug Craig, NASA's strategic analysis manager for the exploration systems at the agency's headquarters in Washington, D.C. "It's going great and everyone's really pleased with it."
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http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/081029-tw-moonrover-chariot.html

http://www.space.com/common/media/video.php?videoRef=081027-small-lunar-rover
 
flux_29, while posting an article excerpt and links isn't against the rules (although a little discussion on the subject going in would be nice instead of just holding up an article and expecting a response), this many new threads in a day very much IS against the rules.

as a general rule, don't post more than two or three threads in a forum within a reasonable length of time.
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By my count, you've got seven new threads in the past two hours. Bit much, my friend.

Apologies, but I've got to do it. Infraction for spamming, comments to PM.
 
I like the idea of the suits being easy to don and the fact the suits are attached to the craft like a removable module, should help immensely with the moon dust issue.
 
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