Nasa wants to build the first fully functioning railway station on the Moon to provide reliable, autonomous, transportation services.
The Float design robots will be able to transport payloads of varying shapes and sizes.
This train will be a bit different from what we have on Earth
The system will use magnetic levitation over a 3-layer flexible film track.
FLOAT will operate autonomously in the dusty, inhospitable lunar environment.
A train on the Moon. Yes, as countries rush to the lunar surface, this time with plans for bolder, bigger missions and plans to develop fully functioning bases, a train is not a far-fetched idea.
Nasa wants to build the first fully functioning railway station on the Moon to provide reliable, autonomous, and efficient payload transport around the lunar surface. But, this train will be a bit different from what we have on Earth.
