New Delhi : Japanese car manufacturing company Toyota Motor has recently revealed the concept of a car called Baby Lunar Cruiser as part of the lunar mission to take astronauts on a tour and exploration on the surface of the Moon and Mars. However, in the year 2019 itself, Japanese automaker Toyota had announced the development of a hydrogen-powered moon rover in collaboration with Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). According to a report by Toyota Europe.com, Toyota Motor’s lunar mission will be very exciting in the direction of using the dusty atmosphere and water frozen in the form of ice on the moon’s surface as a source of energy.
If media reports are to be believed, the world’s largest automobile manufacturer has named the car to be made under its lunar mission as Baby Lunar Cruiser after Land Cruiser. This is a pressurized moon rover and it will help astronauts to inhabit and explore the surface of the Moon or Mars. Meanwhile, the biggest question arising in everyone’s mind is that the Japanese automobile manufacturer will land the Baby Lunar Cruiser on the surface of the Moon, but where will it get the fuel from? How will it work there and what kind of technology has been used in it, so that astronauts can survive and explore on the surface of the moon? To know the answers to all these questions, let’s read this special report…
Has any technology been used in Baby Lunar Cruiser?
According to media reports, Toyota has used re-generating fuel technology in the Baby Lunar Cruiser as part of its lunar mission. Along with this, the Japanese automobile manufacturer has joined hands with Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency i.e. JAXA to develop this vehicle. It is being told in the report that Japan is not only working on a plan to land astronauts on the outer post of the Moon through JAXA, but is also working on Artemis mission in collaboration with America.
When will the Baby Lunar Cruiser land on the Moon’s surface?
While talking to the Associated Press, Toyota officials said that our goal is to land the Baby Lunar Cruiser on the surface of the Moon by the year 2040. After this we will work on a plan to send it to Mars. He said that it will be a completely manned vehicle.
How will Toyota’s baby Lunar Cruiser be?
It has been said in the report that the astronauts traveling in the Baby Lunar Cruiser, which is being developed by Japanese car company Toyota Motor in collaboration with JAXA, do not need to wear space suits. Along with this, it has been given about 460 cubic feet of space for two astronauts to live comfortably. However, in case of emergency, it can accommodate about four astronauts. The special thing is that the astronauts sitting in this baby lunar cruiser can not only talk to each other, but they can also sleep and eat while staying on the surface of the moon.
How will Baby Lunar Cruiser work on the surface of the Moon?
According to media reports, the Moon Rover Baby Lunar Cruiser will be used to explore the polar regions of the Moon. Generally, solar panels are used for power generation in rovers sent to the lunar surface under space missions. Through this panel, the battery is charged by receiving energy from sunlight on the lunar surface during the day and then at night, power is supplied to the rover from the same battery, then the rover moves on the lunar surface. Let us tell you that one day on the Moon is equal to 14 days on Earth. In such a situation, storing the energy obtained from sunlight through solar panels in batteries on the Moon at night is not difficult, but it is definitely a big challenge. Toyota claims that a special technology will be required to store energy in the rover’s batteries on the lunar surface. Serious work is being done to solve this.
Baby Lunar Cruiser will help in exploration on the surface of the Moon
According to a NASA report, the pressurized rover Baby Lunar Cruiser will provide astronauts with a place to live and work, so that they can explore the lunar surface for a long time. At the same time, JAXA President Hiroshi Yamakawa had said in March 2019 that a pressurized rover cabin is an element that will play an important role in exploration on the lunar surface.