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China's lunar-rover revealed

www.chinanews.cn 2005-03-17 13:39:46

Chinanews, March 16 - Yesterday, Ouyang Ziyuan, a chief scientist of
lunar applied science at China's "Chang'e Project" and a member of the
Chinese Academy of Sciences, disclosed, for the first time, information
about the development of a lunar-rover.
According to Ouyang, the lunar-rover should be able to advance, reverse,
swerve, climb, fetch things, collect samples and right itself (turn over
after toppling). In addition to these basic functions, it should also
have elementary artificial intelligence such as identifying objects, as
well as climbing and steering clear of barriers.
In addition, because the lunar-rover needs to execute its probing tasks
on the moon's surface, it must be provided with the characteristics of a
spacecraft that can adapt to the special environment in space. Not only
should it withstand the "falling, climbing, rolling and jarring" of the
launch process, but it must also be able to endure the "abuse" of
spending years in outer space.
Electronic equipment used in the lunar-rover, especially highly
integrated, radiation sensitive, micro-electronic devices, should have
corresponding anti-radiation reinforcement measures to ensure that it can
work normally under the conditions of extreme temperatures and low
gravity.
It has been learned that the satellite "Chang'e 1," launched by the
Circumlunar Probing Project, the first phase of China's Moon-probing
Project, is China's first circumlunar satellite. The "Chang'e 1" will
enter full-scale production in August of this year and is predicted to
launch before 2007.

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