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Houston, we have a podcast. Welcome to the official podcast of NASA's Johnson Space Center, episode 385.

Commercial and International Lunar Rovers. I'm Nilafer Ramji, and I'll be your host today. On this podcast, we bring in the experts, scientists, engineers, and astronauts,

all to let you know what's going on in the world of human spaceflight and beyond.

We are going back to the moon and this time we are headed to the lunar south pole,

a cratered rocky terrain where the sun is always on the horizon

and sets every two weeks. As you can imagine, lighting conditions and the harsh environment of this

geographical region on the moon can be tough to navigate. We need to be able to walk there, but given

the distances we need to cover, we also need to be driving,

both with and without spacesuits on the lunar surface.

This is where lunar vehicles come to play.

Astronauts will need a vehicle where they can live and work, and then another that they can use while driving from location to location while they perform moonwalks.

So how do you drive on the moon?

What capabilities do each of the different kinds of vehicles have

to make them necessary to the mission?

With me, I have two experts,

Steve Monday, Lunar Terrain Vehicle Project Manager

and Danny Newswander, Pressurized Rover Project Manager,

to walk us through how to Drive on the Moon.

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