丰田将花费10年时间完善其宇航员月球车
作为多国使命的一部分,日本有一项雄心勃勃的计划,计划在2030年之前将人送上月球,并决定他们到达那里时会有乘车。
日本航天局JAXA和合作伙伴丰田公司透露,今年早些时候宣布的增压型载人月球车应该准备在2029年前发射。
• Fiscal year 2019: Identifying technological elements that need to be developed for driving on the surface of the moon; drawing up specifications for a prototype rover*
• Fiscal year 2020: Manufacturing test parts for each technological element; manufacturing a prototype rover
• Fiscal year 2021: Testing and evaluating both the manufactured test parts and the prototype rover
• From 2022: Manufacture and evaluation of a 1:1 scale prototype rover; acquisition and verification testing of data on driving systems required to explore the moon’s polar regions
• From 2024: Design, manufacture, and evaluation of an engineering model of the rover; design of the actual flight model
• From 2027: Manufacture, and performance and quality testing of the flight model
https://www.engadget.com/2019/07/17/toyota-jaxa-lunar-rover-timeline/
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