darthgently Posted September 20, 2024 Share Posted September 20, 2024 On 9/20/2024 at 7:20 PM, AckSed said: Survey says Americans buy Japanese when thinking of a Lunar RV: https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-japan-advance-space-cooperation-sign-agreement-for-lunar-rover/ Expand I was merely looking for an image of what the rover may look like to complement your post and really lucked out finding this, which will do https://www.space.com/takara-tomy-transformers-lunar-cruiser-optimus-prime Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted November 26, 2024 Author Share Posted November 26, 2024 Test of Epsilon S (static firing): Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AckSed Posted November 26, 2024 Share Posted November 26, 2024 More details here (English) with picture of the ruined test building: https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/society/general-news/20241126-224488/ Seems they were testing a second stage that also had problems (blew up) last year. Epsilon S is an interesting rocket. It's an Electron-class launcher that can launch a fair bit (1,400kg) into LEO with very few personnel needed. The first stage is the SRB on the new H3: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epsilon_(rocket) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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