Land cruisers are no longer enough for Toyota’s ambitions, but JAXA and Toyota announced Friday they will launch a ‘LUNAR CRUISER,’ or LUNAR CRUISER. In the future, Toyota and the Japan Space Agency (JAXA) will jointly develop a manned LUNAR rover.
It is understood that the moon CRUISER plan according to the June 2019 between the two sides signed a joint research agreement to perform, its purpose is hope in the future in the moon,there’s a reliable work of the LUNAR rover to help astronauts on the moon and increase the radius of the event, according to the LUNAR rover, research and development work schedule, the prototype is expected in the second half of 2020, new car will be powered by hydrogen fuel cells with, and configure the large area of homing solar panels, the new project was named the “LUNAR CRUISER” called the moon cruisers,It is reminiscent of the Toyota Land Cruiser, which first went into production in 1951, and which jaxA and Toyota say they want to be as reliable and durable as the land cruiser.
According to design requirements combining JAXA moon program, they put forward strict requirements of the vehicle, in addition to the safety of driving on the surface of the moon, you also need to pick up two don’t wear the crew of the suit, the car will use pressure cabin design, at the same time can also require the car on the surface of the moon at least ten thousand kilometers of distance, according to the current Toyota released cruiser pictures to see the moon, the conductor about 6 meters, 3.2 meters high, 5.2 meters wide, the design requirements of carrying two people, in an emergency, can accommodate four people.
