Revolutionary new Moon rover will make it easier to navigate the Lunar surface

By Joshua Hawkins
March 13th, 2022 at 3:08 PM



Astrolab has created a new Moon rover designed around flexibility and exploration. The multi-functional Flexible Logistics & Exploration Rover, or FLEX Rover for short, is still in ongoing development. However, the company recently released a blog post with a video featuring retired astronaut Chris Hadfield. In the video, Hadfield talks about the FLEX Rover and why it’s important. Additionally, he talks about how it will make navigating the Lunar surface easier.

The FLEX Rover will open a new world of navigating the Moon




While FLEX used to be a concept, Astrolab has now moved to testing the idea in full-scale. The results are intriguing and bring a lot of hope for future missions to the Moon. Furthermore, it looks like the FLEX Rover will offer a ton of functionality that settlers and explorers will find useful.

“As we transition from the Apollo era, which was focused on pure exploration, to now, where people will be living for longer periods on the Moon, the equipment needs to change,” Hadfield says in the video. “When we settle somewhere, we don’t just need to get people from one place to another, but we need to move hardware, cargo, life support equipment and more.”

Hadfield continues, saying that mobility is one of the biggest things you’ll depend on when on the surface of the Moon. Being able to move around, travel from place to place, and reliably move objects around will be vital. Hadfield also said that he was surprised by how capable the FLEX Rover is.

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