Researchers and students at Tartu Observatory of the University of Tartu have started developing Estonia’s first Moon lander with the aim of bringing Estonian technology to the Moon – hopefully by the end of this decade or early in the next decade.
The first step is a feasibility study to find out what sort of lunar rover could be built in Estonia and realistically delivered to the surface of the Moon, and what are the interests of Estonian industry and scientists to test their technology on the Moon, the spokespeople for Tartu Observatory said in a statement.
ver prints on the moon
Hans Teras, the head of KuupKulgur, the NGO set up to run the project, said Estonians will join a handful of select companies and institutes from around the world if the project is successful.
“Dreaming even bigger, if launching with the next rocket to the Moon, we would potentially be the third country in the history of the world to have a robotic rover leave its wheel prints on the lunar surface,” Teras added.
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