Luna it is going to be explored very soon by a special robot that ESA has developed for the missions that are going to take place there, and you can see what the instrument that will reveal its new secrets will look like. The new robot that ESA wants to send to the moon will work with the help of lasers that will provide it with energy at distances of up to 15 kilometers, and this will allow it to explore including deep craters without running out of energy.
Luna you will have explored some of the craters that during most of the year are dark because they are so deep that the sun never gets to illuminate them. ESA is interested in discovering water there, these areas being considered rich in hydrogen, which made the researchers believe that there would also be ice there, and of course, separately from the visit with this robot, they will want to give and bring samples to Earth .
LUNA: ESA's INCREDIBLE Robot that Will Explore It Soon
Luna it is going to have at least one base built by earthlings, and the discovery of water could be one of the most important because it would facilitate the construction of the buildings where the astronauts will stay. More than that, with the water from the moon they will have something to drink, or possibly something to grow there, so they will be able to carry out without problems the future missions that are to be established to facilitate the transport to the planet Mars somewhere after 2030 , according to the current plan.
“The rover would convert this laser light into electricity using a modified version of a standard solar panel, with photodiodes on the sides of the panel, keeping it locked onto the laser to centimeter-scale precision. With the PHILIP project complete, we're one step closer to powering rovers with lasers to explore the dark side of the moon. We are at the stage where prototyping and testing, undertaken through ESA tracking technology programmes, could begin.”
Luna it has temperatures lower than -240 degrees Celsius in those craters, and this means that the robot should be able to work in extreme conditions, which of course ESA is testing now. Of course, there will be other problems that ESA will have to anticipate in order to ensure that the astronauts sent there will have a way to survive without problems, but it is quite clear that they have thought about many of the situations that would follow to meet the astronauts.
Luna will have this robot sent by ESA soon, it is in the final stages of the preparation process for sending, so it will be interesting to see what will happen.
