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nasa's marshall space flight center and

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the johns hopkins university applied

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physics laboratory are creating a new

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generation of smart versatile robotic

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landers for exploring the moon asteroids

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and other airless bodies in our solar

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system

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as small as a golf cart but big in

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performance these multi-use landers will

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the landers can carry science

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instruments to study resources on the

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lunar surface and gather information for

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future missions to the moon

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they'll also make possible an

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international lunar network to answer

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fundamental questions about our moon's

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geology and the development of the solar

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system

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this network could monitor moonquakes

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and other geophysical activity deep

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inside the moon providing clues about

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the structure of its crust mantle and

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core

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the landers can be launched separately

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in a small launch vehicle or together up

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to four in one launch aboard a larger

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four landers could target four separate

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landing sites for example two on the

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near side of the moon and two on the far

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whatever its mission each lander will

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control its own landing pulsing its

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thrusters to slow and orient itself as

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the landers will use either a

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combination of solar arrays and

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batteries or the advanced sterling radio

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isotope generator to power their

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instruments and equipment

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either way they'll be hardy enough to

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withstand the extreme temperatures of

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the long frigid lunar knights and

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they'll be capable of at least six years

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of continuous operations on the moon

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these landers can touch down on a

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crater's rim or floor and collect soil

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samples or they can venture into the

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dark probing crater depths to excavate

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secrets

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how much water ice do the craters hold

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what other useful materials are there

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these next generation landers can help

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solve these mysteries and more allowing