Hyundai wants to build the car for the moon

Hyundai Motor Group, a major South Korean automaker, has announced its entry into the space exploration industry. On April 20, 2023, the company unveiled plans to build a model rover for lunar exploration in cooperation with several Korean aerospace research institutes.

The ambitious project aims to create a versatile mobility platform capable of handling different payloads, with state-of-the-art autonomous driving technologies, solar charging, thermal management and radiation shielding. The rover is designed to carry various pieces of equipment, weighing up to 70 kg.

The group aims to create a launch-capable rover in 2027, after the development model is completed and tested in an environment similar to the surface of the Moon. The rover will carry out several scientific missions in the south pole area of ​​the Moon, to explore the lunar surface for resources and support human exploration.

Yong Wha Kim of Hyundai Motor and Kia said, “Creating the mobility development model for lunar exploration reflects our focus and ambition to achieve tangible results in the face of major challenges. With the development of the rover, we are moving beyond land, sea and air mobility to expand into space mobility."

Hyundai Motor Group has a long-term vision of expanding human reach and providing various innovative mobility solutions through robotics, artificial intelligence and self-driving technologies. Collaboration with aerospace research institutes in Korea marks a significant milestone in realizing the vision of metamobility.

Once the rover's underside is developed, the advisory body expects it will function as a mobility platform, supporting an upper portion that will contain a range of advanced technologies for human excavation, excavation and exploration of the lunar surface in search of resources.

Hyundai Motor Group's entry into the space exploration industry represents a significant development for South Korea's aerospace industry and opens up new possibilities for innovation and technological advancement. The company's expertise in self-driving technology and mobility solutions will undoubtedly contribute to the success of the lunar exploration rover project and pave the way for future space exploration missions.

South Korea was the tenth country to join NASA's Artemis Project which is expected to return humans to the moon starting in 2024/5. Canada, the European Union and Japan are also participating in the project which saw its first steps with the launch of SLS, which successfully reached lunar orbit with the Orion module. Now Korea also wants to take control of lunar mobility.

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This is a machine translation of a post published on Scenari Economici at the URL https://scenarieconomici.it/hyundai-vuole-costruire-lauto-per-la-luna/ on Sat, 22 Apr 2023 10:49:23 +0000.