Moon buggies unveiled

[SOS]

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The next astronauts to work on the moon will likely live in larger habitats and drive sporty new rovers capable of two-week treks, NASA officials said Thursday.

Rather than assembling a lunar outpost over time from a multitude of small, separately launched modules, NASA is now hoping to land up to three large habitats on fewer flights to build a beachhead on the moon, the space agency said.


Doug Cooke, NASA's deputy associate administrator for exploration systems, said that the space agency's revised lunar plan calls for the launching of larger habitats to the moon on unmanned cargo flights.

More.. (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,297647,00.html)



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[roche]

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[martianvirus]

This is the cover-up version of the space program. They, our government, are only going along with this because people are sick of the shuttle. But in reality there is a secret space program.

[CrazyMrPoopSex]

SOS sure does like space news huh

[martianvirus]

SOS sure does like space news huh
In wrong forums as well.

[BIV]

This is the cover-up version of the space program. They, our government, are only going along with this because people are sick of the shuttle. But in reality there is a secret space program.

MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN

Sorry, I had no choice.:D

[martianvirus]

MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN

Sorry, I had no choice.:D
Did you really have no choice?

Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan

[Plunkies]

This is the cover-up version of the space program. They, our government, are only going along with this because people are sick of the shuttle. But in reality there is a secret space program.

If it's so secret how do you know about it?

[B54]

If it's so secret how do you know about it?

The aliens told him.

[Turfmower]

I thought we had a base on the moon back in 1999.

http://www.wvip.co.uk/images/dvd/Space1999/Space1999_Eagle.jpg

[Budyzir]

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The next astronauts to work on the moon will likely live in larger habitats and drive sporty new rovers capable of two-week treks, NASA officials said Thursday.

Rather than assembling a lunar outpost over time from a multitude of small, separately launched modules, NASA is now hoping to land up to three large habitats on fewer flights to build a beachhead on the moon, the space agency said.


Doug Cooke, NASA's deputy associate administrator for exploration systems, said that the space agency's revised lunar plan calls for the launching of larger habitats to the moon on unmanned cargo flights.



More.. (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,297647,00.html)



Astronauts May Cruise the Moon Without Space Suits (http://www.technewsworld.com/story/space/59464.html)
NASA Revamps Moonbase Strategy (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,297647,00.html)
International Space Updates, September 2007 (http://www.dailytech.com/International+Space+Updates+September+2007/article8958.htm)
NASA's Moon Base Plans: New Buggies, Bigger Buildings (http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2007/09/nasas-moon-base.html)
NASA returns to Moon based on six reasons (http://www.itwire.com/content/view/14573/1066/)
Latest Lunar RV Comes With Spacesuits Attached (http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/09/21/lunarrv_spa.html?category=space&guid=20070921130000&dcitc=w19-502-ak-0000)
NASA Revises and Updates Its Lunar Architecture (http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewnews.html?id=1234)

So I'm guessing that the suits have some kind of attached umbilical cord that allows the astronauts can move around in proximity of the rover.

By the way, I like space news too!