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   Message 45,199 of 45,986   
   Fred J. McCall to Robert Clark   
   Re: Rovers: NASA vs Commercial   
   20 Aug 17 02:48:45   
   
   XPost: sci.space.policy, sci.physics   
   From: fjmccall@gmail.com   
      
   "Robert Clark"  wrote:   
      
   >   
   >Look to the Google Lunar X-prize for example of how to do rovers   
   >inexpensively:   
   >   
   >https://lunar.xprize.org/   
   >   
      
   So the way to do them 'inexpensively' is to have little capability   
   (move 500 meters and send back video and images).  They get a little   
   more expensive when you want them to do more.   
      
      
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