Toyota's Top Brass, Terashi, Dishes Details on Lunar Exploration Mission
In an exciting development for space exploration, Toyota Motor Corporation and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) have announced plans to collaborate on upcoming international missions. This collaborative project aims to expand human activities and contribute to the creation of new intellectual assets.
The centrepiece of this mission is a lunar rover, designed to serve as a base and lunar-surface cruising vehicle. Unlike traditional rovers, this one will be driven by unmanned artificial intelligence (AI), a first for lunar exploration. The AI in the lunar rover will also create automatically generated maps in real time, providing valuable data for future missions.
The rover will explore five different locations on the celestial body, including the south pole, the Schrödinger crater, the Apollo basin, the Malapert mountain region, and the Leibnitz mountains. The first Toyota-licensed pressurized lunar rover is expected to travel more than 10,000 kilometers on the moon.
Shigeki Terashi, Toyota's Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, believes that the moon is better suited for a hydrogen society. In a lengthy interview, he discussed the international space exploration mission, stating that it presents a challenge that exceeds the scope of Toyota's Five Continents Drive Project.
The mission is divided into three stages: "Earth-Gateway," a manned base near the moon, "Gateway-Lunar Surface," and "Rover." Astronauts will move as needed from the Gateway to the rover via lunar surface takeoff and landing aircraft for research, experiments, and vehicle maintenance.
It is likely that Japanese astronauts will land on the moon within the next ten years. The collaboration between JAXA and Toyota for this international space mission is set to begin in the mid-2020s. The Japanese flag will be planted on the moon, marking a significant milestone in Japan's space exploration history.
This international collaborative project between industry and academia is set to push the boundaries of what is possible in space exploration, paving the way for a future where humans can live and work on the moon.
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