The globe is in a state of amazement when the NASA research facility makes incredible findings. The NASA center is organizing a train operation on the moon in accordance with that. NASA is announcing new plans, this time for bigger, bolder missions and the construction of fully functional platforms, as America races to the moon.
In order to ensure reliable, NASA-controlled cargo conveyance on the lunar surface, NASA plans to construct the first train station on the moon. That being said, there will be differences between this lunar train and the one that runs on Earth.
The train's technology, known as Flexible Levitation on a Track (Float), employs magnetic levitation on a three-layer film track. These cross the layer of graphite. Diamagnetic levitation is another theory that claims it is energy-free magnetic robots that passively float on rails.
Wheels, legs, and tracks will not be present in the lunar train setup. NASA has clarified that the purpose of the FLOAT robots' trajectory is to minimize wear and abrasion caused by lunar dust. These lines, in contrast to regular roads, railroads, or cableways, run straight into the lunar regolith to minimize the need for significant on-site building.
At a speed of 0.5 meters per second, FLOAT design robots are able to move payloads of different forms. Simultaneously, a large-scale FLOAT system can move one million kg of regolith each day over several kilometers.
On a dusty moon, FLOAT will automatically turn on. A second phase will also see the design, production, and testing of sub-scale robotic track prototypes that will lead to lunar analog testing and the construction of a spacecraft to study the impacts of environmental factors on system performance when lunar missions get underway and work advances.
This train will be autonomous, meaning that NASA will be the only organization using it to transport supplies to the moon. This is a remarkable development.
In order to ensure reliable, NASA-controlled cargo conveyance on the lunar surface, NASA plans to construct the first train station on the moon. That being said, there will be differences between this lunar train and the one that runs on Earth.
The train's technology, known as Flexible Levitation on a Track (Float), employs magnetic levitation on a three-layer film track. These cross the layer of graphite. Diamagnetic levitation is another theory that claims it is energy-free magnetic robots that passively float on rails.
Wheels, legs, and tracks will not be present in the lunar train setup. NASA has clarified that the purpose of the FLOAT robots' trajectory is to minimize wear and abrasion caused by lunar dust. These lines, in contrast to regular roads, railroads, or cableways, run straight into the lunar regolith to minimize the need for significant on-site building.
At a speed of 0.5 meters per second, FLOAT design robots are able to move payloads of different forms. Simultaneously, a large-scale FLOAT system can move one million kg of regolith each day over several kilometers.
On a dusty moon, FLOAT will automatically turn on. A second phase will also see the design, production, and testing of sub-scale robotic track prototypes that will lead to lunar analog testing and the construction of a spacecraft to study the impacts of environmental factors on system performance when lunar missions get underway and work advances.
This train will be autonomous, meaning that NASA will be the only organization using it to transport supplies to the moon. This is a remarkable development.
