HOUSTON — Intuitive Machines' lunar terrain vehicle (LTV) is not your grandfather's moon buggy (assuming your grandfather was an Apollo astronaut).
The company's Moon RACER, or Reusable Autonomous Crewed Exploration Rover, made its public debut on Thursday (Nov. 7), taking a spin in the parking lot at Space Center Houston. The fully electric drivable demo unit, which was built for Intuitive Machines (IM) by the high-performance automotive company Roush, will be on display on Friday (Nov. 8) for the public and students taking part in National STEM Day activities at the visitor center for NASA's Johnson Space Center.
"We are extremely excited to show it to you today," said Trent Martin, senior vice president for space systems at Intuitive Machines, addressing the NASA officials, industry partners and press that came out for the reveal. "In a week, we're taking it out to Meteor Crater in Arizona, and we're going to test it in the environment similar to what we would have on the moon."
