Lockheed Partners With GM for Artemis-Era Moon Buggy

摘要

With the debut mission in NASA's deep-space Artemis program being prepared for launch, spacecraft prime contractor Lockheed Martin figures it is not too soon to begin planning how astronauts will get around on the lunar surface. Toward that goal, the company is partnering with General Motors to design a next-generation Moon buggy. "It's the next logical step," Kirk Shire-man, Lockheed vice president for lunar exploration campaigns, tells Aviation Week. "With the kinds of things that scientists and commercial companies want to do on the lunar surface, it's clear that astronauts will need transportation. We want to be one of the leaders in this regime; we want to be pushing the boundaries."