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I suspect they will. Cybertruck's chassis and battery capacity will dominate every other lunar rover architecture, and a ton of NRE has already been spent makin
by unchocked 5y ago
I suspect they will. Cybertruck's chassis and battery capacity will dominate every other lunar rover architecture, and a ton of NRE has already been spent making it a production vehicle. Lunarizing the platform will be cheap, and Starship has ample payload mass margins.
- zardo 5y ago> Lunarizing the platform will be cheap What makes you say that? I would assume almost nothing would carry over.
- unchocked 5y agoLighter materials, revised batteries, adjusted suspension, different wheels, space-buggy interior. Similar terrain relative navigation, charge control system, motors, etc.
- nexuist 5y agoDoes it have to though? It would still be a PR miracle even if it was just a non-functional showpiece. I would even say that sending a battery pack up there just for the meme of being able to remotely drive it around is not worth the potential risk of compromising the mission (IIRC the Roadster had most of its electronics stripped out before launch as well.)