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An Audi-Badged Rover Is Going To The Moon In 2017
Audi is helping a team called Part-Time Scientists which is taking part in Google’s Lunar XPRIZE, a competition to get to the Moon and win $30 million. Basically, anybody from around the world can build a rover, fly it to the moon, send back data and win the prize.
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Audi Makes A Video About Its Moon Rover Project Involvement
Audi isn’t technically building a rover to be sent to the moon, but it is helping out with the creation (styling and promoting) of one. The German automaker has teamed up with the Part-Time Scientists, a team that was already working on small...
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Land Rover Scores 54% Of The Vote In Msn Cars’ Poll Of Best 4x4 Brands
In a recent online poll, MSN Cars asked its readers a simple question: “Which firm makes the best '4x4' type cars?†The winner, with an astonishing 54% of the 39,663 votes is Indian British automaker Land Rover. The brand’s...
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Toyota Hilux Pickup Trucks Complete Antarctic Crossing
Roughly the same time when the Moon Regan Transantarctic Expedition used the highly specialized Bio-Inspired Ice Vehicle for an epic Antarctic crossing, Toyota also sent a fleet of four Hilux pickup trucks to the South Pole, as part of an expedition...
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Transformers 3 "dark Of The Moon" Trailer Goes Live
Get ready for the third installment of Michael Bay's Transformers franchise as the first trailer of the upcoming new movie called Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon, has hit the air. Being that Megan Fox abandoned the series, we're somewhat less...
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Out Of This World: Goodyear’s Prototype Lunar Vehicle Tire
Talk about re-inventing the wheel or in this case, the tire. The non pneumatic tire featured in the picture above is a prototype model developed by Goodyear for use first on the moon and eventually on Mars. Using the 1960s Apollo Lunar Roving Vehicle’s...
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