![]() “It’s fairly intuitive,” he said, steering the rover. It can go up to 11 miles per hour, which is the current speed record on the moon. Spectrum News got to take FLEX for a test drive, in a specially built moon yard. Matthews said FLEX is one of several rovers in the running to join NASA’s Artemis mission. Matthews said this allows the rover to move up and down, to pick up things more easily, and navigate rocky terrain. “And then it also has the wheels attached to these limbs and the limbs allow us to raise and lower each wheel independently.” “It’s got four-wheel drive and four-wheel steering,” he points out. Matthews and his team spent the past two years developing a lunar rover called Flexible Logistics and Exploration, or FLEX, that can carry not only astronauts across the moon’s surface but also plenty of cargo. “We want to be the local delivery service, the ‘UPS’ of the lunar surface.” “Companies like SpaceX are making big landers that can deliver lots of cargo and we want to be the next link in that transportation network,” he said. The mission calls for a lot of new technology and Jaret Matthews, CEO of a startup company called Venturi Astrolab Inc., said he’s hoping to get in on the action. FLEX has four-wheel drive, four-wheel steering and solar panels to collect and store energy in rechargeable batteries.A start-up company called Venturi Astrolab developed a lunar rover called Flexible Logistics and Exploration, or FLEX, which is in the running to join the Artemis mission. ![]() NASA is preparing for a return to the with the Artemis mission in 2025 in hopes of building a long-term presence on the moon.The last time humans last set foot on the moon was during the Apollo 17 mission in 1972. ![]()
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