The Fox Moon Rover is a small-class lunar rover, manufactured and operated by Orion Technologies. The rover is a versatile platform for planetary surface exploration. It will leverage advanced technologies and manufacturing processes to create a market similar to that of CubeSats. This post consists of the basic design; instruments/payloads can be added. There are two variants, the Fox Alpha and Fox Beta. Fox Alpha is designed for surface exploration near the equator. It is the rover with a silver top. The Fox Beta, also known as the Arctic Fox, is built to explore the more harsh environment of the lunar South Pole-Aitken Basin. Its solar array design reflects this, utilizing an upright array to harvest energy from sunlight on the horizon. While we as a company plan to use these rovers to our disposal, exploring every conceivable location on the Moon, and beyond, government and commercial companies and even single persons can purchase the baseline Fox Rover, modify it or add their desired payloads, and then send the finished vehicle back to use for launch and landing on the Moon. Or, you can launch it yourself. We plan to land the first pair of rovers on the Phoenix OA-1 mission(Phoenix being our new lander), in Haworth Crater Ridge. They will explore the lunar dust interaction and nearby formations around the landing site. Their nicknames will be announced at the Phoenix OA-1 launch. Use it in your posts, you don’t have to mention me, BUT, do notify me of your post with it, I want to see my rovers in action. Enjoy!
INSTRUCTIONS:
Use Camera to drive, AG 5 to deploy rover, AG 6 for light. AG 4 activates the separator to release rover from a lander(if you attach it to one). Use Pitch for speed, and Yaw for steering. Do not exceed 4 m/s, or bad things happen :)
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I like how it kinda looks like Sojourner and the name fits it! (due to the size)
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@qualapungo, thank you