Arvada’s Lunar Outpost expects to find out if their final Lunar Terrain Vehicle prototype is selected by NASA by mid-November.
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On a family ranch near the small Southern Colorado town of Rye, prototype moon rovers are put through their paces. They drive over rocky, dusty terrain and up and down hills as steep as 20 degrees.
It’s not exactly like the moon — there’s too much gravity and way too much atmosphere. Still, the ranch serves its purpose as a gritty, real-world showcase for how these vehicles may soon ferry astronauts around the surface of the moon.
