http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/nasas-chariot-lunar-vehicle-gets-demoed-on-video/ Engadget Comments for NASA's Chariot lunar vehicle gets demoed on video http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/nasas-chariot-lunar-vehicle-gets-demoed-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/nasas-chariot-lunar-vehicle-gets-demoed-on-video/Mar 26th 2008 2:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/nasas-chariot-lunar-vehicle-gets-demoed-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/nasas-chariot-lunar-vehicle-gets-demoed-on-video/Mar 26th 2008 8:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/nasas-chariot-lunar-vehicle-gets-demoed-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/nasas-chariot-lunar-vehicle-gets-demoed-on-video/
"Hooostin, We have a problem!" = Best.... comment.... ever!]]>Mar 26th 2008 11:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/nasas-chariot-lunar-vehicle-gets-demoed-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/nasas-chariot-lunar-vehicle-gets-demoed-on-video/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston_Street_(Manhattan)#Pronunciation

People with much more extreme variation--say, Indians, the French, or even Michiganders--just have accents, but, of course, Ms. Ceurstemont must have a speech impediment.]]>Mar 27th 2008 1:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/nasas-chariot-lunar-vehicle-gets-demoed-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/nasas-chariot-lunar-vehicle-gets-demoed-on-video/Mar 26th 2008 2:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/nasas-chariot-lunar-vehicle-gets-demoed-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/nasas-chariot-lunar-vehicle-gets-demoed-on-video/Mar 26th 2008 3:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/nasas-chariot-lunar-vehicle-gets-demoed-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/nasas-chariot-lunar-vehicle-gets-demoed-on-video/
so yeah, it's prolly gonna go all over, but it's everywhere already. just don't wear your good shoes when you're usin this thing i guess.]]>Mar 26th 2008 3:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/nasas-chariot-lunar-vehicle-gets-demoed-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/nasas-chariot-lunar-vehicle-gets-demoed-on-video/
Dust is kept suspended longer on earth by the atmosphere, true. But particles on the moon will definitely kick up when agitated, and in the low gravity they will take a decent amount of time to descend. The dust clouds end up being flatter to the ground, and there won't be any turbulence to further the problem, but a blade that big will create dust issues for the rest of the Chariot vehicle.

FYI: Lunar dust (also known as regolith, though that is a more general term) is a huge challenge to designing mechanics to work there; tha-don is right on.

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On earth wind blowing the dust, rain, and general atmospheric conditions help break down and smooth out the dust, kinda like when you were a kid and used one of those rock polishing machines, stick rough rocks in, let it run for a while and the rocks come out smooth.]]>Mar 26th 2008 8:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/nasas-chariot-lunar-vehicle-gets-demoed-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/nasas-chariot-lunar-vehicle-gets-demoed-on-video/Mar 26th 2008 8:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/nasas-chariot-lunar-vehicle-gets-demoed-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/nasas-chariot-lunar-vehicle-gets-demoed-on-video/It's all so disappointing.]]>Mar 26th 2008 9:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/nasas-chariot-lunar-vehicle-gets-demoed-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/nasas-chariot-lunar-vehicle-gets-demoed-on-video/http://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/news/releases/2008/H08-068.html

"Some, all or none of these features may be selected for the design of a rover that eventually goes to the moon. NASA's lunar architects currently envision pressurized rovers that would travel in pairs, with two astronauts in each rover. The new prototype vehicle is meant to provide ideas as those future designs are developed"]]>Mar 26th 2008 10:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/nasas-chariot-lunar-vehicle-gets-demoed-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/nasas-chariot-lunar-vehicle-gets-demoed-on-video/Mar 26th 2008 2:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/nasas-chariot-lunar-vehicle-gets-demoed-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/nasas-chariot-lunar-vehicle-gets-demoed-on-video/Mar 26th 2008 2:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/nasas-chariot-lunar-vehicle-gets-demoed-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/nasas-chariot-lunar-vehicle-gets-demoed-on-video/
Swing low, sweet chariot!]]>Mar 26th 2008 2:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/nasas-chariot-lunar-vehicle-gets-demoed-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/nasas-chariot-lunar-vehicle-gets-demoed-on-video/Mar 26th 2008 3:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/nasas-chariot-lunar-vehicle-gets-demoed-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/nasas-chariot-lunar-vehicle-gets-demoed-on-video/Mar 26th 2008 2:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/nasas-chariot-lunar-vehicle-gets-demoed-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/nasas-chariot-lunar-vehicle-gets-demoed-on-video/
So it would have to be electric only.]]>Mar 26th 2008 2:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/nasas-chariot-lunar-vehicle-gets-demoed-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/nasas-chariot-lunar-vehicle-gets-demoed-on-video/
And this thing definatly blends well!]]>Mar 26th 2008 2:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/nasas-chariot-lunar-vehicle-gets-demoed-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/nasas-chariot-lunar-vehicle-gets-demoed-on-video/Mar 27th 2008 12:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/nasas-chariot-lunar-vehicle-gets-demoed-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/nasas-chariot-lunar-vehicle-gets-demoed-on-video/Mar 27th 2008 10:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/nasas-chariot-lunar-vehicle-gets-demoed-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/nasas-chariot-lunar-vehicle-gets-demoed-on-video/Mar 26th 2008 3:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/nasas-chariot-lunar-vehicle-gets-demoed-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/nasas-chariot-lunar-vehicle-gets-demoed-on-video/Mar 26th 2008 11:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/nasas-chariot-lunar-vehicle-gets-demoed-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/nasas-chariot-lunar-vehicle-gets-demoed-on-video/Mar 26th 2008 3:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/nasas-chariot-lunar-vehicle-gets-demoed-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/nasas-chariot-lunar-vehicle-gets-demoed-on-video/Mar 26th 2008 3:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/nasas-chariot-lunar-vehicle-gets-demoed-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/nasas-chariot-lunar-vehicle-gets-demoed-on-video/Mar 26th 2008 3:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/nasas-chariot-lunar-vehicle-gets-demoed-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/nasas-chariot-lunar-vehicle-gets-demoed-on-video/Mar 27th 2008 12:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/nasas-chariot-lunar-vehicle-gets-demoed-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/nasas-chariot-lunar-vehicle-gets-demoed-on-video/
For some reason when Americans hear Ontarians talk, they assume we're from Minnesota. Minnesotans have a very strong accent as far as I know, and I definitely sound nothing like them. I have a theory that many Americans have never heard a Canadian speak, nor have they heard anyone from Minnesota speak, so they automatically come to the illogical conclusion that we MUST be from Minnesota. It's stupid.

I'd wager that English is not her first language (or maybe it is but it's not her parents' first language), but that she learned it very young. She only has a slightish (though very noticeable) accent on some and not all words.

To conclude, I pronounce Houston "Hewston" like the name Hewey. Not like Whoston. I think in general Canadians tend to know a lot more about Americans that Americans do about Canadians, and I think it's a shame. We're really not that different at all (except in political terms) than some of the northern states (though we're quite different than Alabama, for instance).]]>Apr 24th 2008 11:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/nasas-chariot-lunar-vehicle-gets-demoed-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/nasas-chariot-lunar-vehicle-gets-demoed-on-video/Apr 26th 2008 5:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/nasas-chariot-lunar-vehicle-gets-demoed-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/nasas-chariot-lunar-vehicle-gets-demoed-on-video/
Try taking the "What American accent do you have" quiz for fun: http://www.youthink.com/quiz.cfm?action=go_detail&sub_action=take&obj_id=9827 (I took it and was deemed to have a Canadian accent, which was nice considering it was supposed to detect American accents). Apparently "People from outside North America probably think you`re from the States, but over here we wouldn`t make such a mistake."]]>Apr 30th 2008 1:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/nasas-chariot-lunar-vehicle-gets-demoed-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/nasas-chariot-lunar-vehicle-gets-demoed-on-video/Mar 26th 2008 3:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/nasas-chariot-lunar-vehicle-gets-demoed-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/nasas-chariot-lunar-vehicle-gets-demoed-on-video/Mar 26th 2008 3:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/nasas-chariot-lunar-vehicle-gets-demoed-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/nasas-chariot-lunar-vehicle-gets-demoed-on-video/
I mean, part of me is excited to see the moon being developed (and this is a step in that dirrection), and I am reminded of the founding of this country, but then I remember that there were some other people in [what would come to be] America before us, and they got a little upset about John Connors and William Smiths laying claim to what they felt was theirs.

Maybe I am just weird, I don't know and frankly don't care. I felt compelled to mention that no body really OWNS the moon, yet, and someone or something MAY get a little upset about this. Anything is possible. I guess I am just saying, you never know what is going to happen.

You can knock on someones door all day and hope they answer, of you can kick the door down and start stealing their shit. One is harder to ignore than the other.

And for the record, I didn't know I believed in aliens until JUST now...weird.]]>Mar 26th 2008 4:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/nasas-chariot-lunar-vehicle-gets-demoed-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/nasas-chariot-lunar-vehicle-gets-demoed-on-video/Mar 26th 2008 4:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/nasas-chariot-lunar-vehicle-gets-demoed-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/nasas-chariot-lunar-vehicle-gets-demoed-on-video/
So I guess NASA is done with gentle exploring, and is ready to move "ahead" to destructive science?
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So, can't we just put an electric motor on a John Deere and save a few hundred million bucks?]]>Mar 26th 2008 4:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/nasas-chariot-lunar-vehicle-gets-demoed-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/nasas-chariot-lunar-vehicle-gets-demoed-on-video/
That vehicle is probably a quarter of the weight of a farm tractor if that. Plus I'm not sure if hydraulics would work on the moon.]]>Mar 26th 2008 5:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/nasas-chariot-lunar-vehicle-gets-demoed-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/nasas-chariot-lunar-vehicle-gets-demoed-on-video/Mar 27th 2008 12:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/nasas-chariot-lunar-vehicle-gets-demoed-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/nasas-chariot-lunar-vehicle-gets-demoed-on-video/Mar 26th 2008 5:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/nasas-chariot-lunar-vehicle-gets-demoed-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/nasas-chariot-lunar-vehicle-gets-demoed-on-video/Mar 26th 2008 5:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/nasas-chariot-lunar-vehicle-gets-demoed-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/nasas-chariot-lunar-vehicle-gets-demoed-on-video/http://www.marssociety.org/portal/TMS_Library/Nebergall_2005_2#1

Apart from the rocker rear suspension I borrowed from them, it's almost the same design I presented to The Mars Society two years earlier. I'm very curious as to if this figured into their design. That would be one for the bucket list.]]>Mar 26th 2008 10:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/nasas-chariot-lunar-vehicle-gets-demoed-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/nasas-chariot-lunar-vehicle-gets-demoed-on-video/Mar 27th 2008 3:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/nasas-chariot-lunar-vehicle-gets-demoed-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/nasas-chariot-lunar-vehicle-gets-demoed-on-video/This can go either way:
Either NASA has a male astronaut lunar recreation plan or this self-conscious tractor likes big butts.]]>Mar 27th 2008 7:50AM