Jason Gaston

CHINA IS SENDING A ROBOT TO THE MOON… AND IT HOPS!

Yes. Hops.

China’s ambitious Chang’e-7 lunar mission is heading toward the Moon’s mysterious south polar region, carrying an orbiter, lander, rover — and one wonderfully strange little robot designed to hop across the lunar surface and investigate permanently shadowed craters.

Why?

Because hidden inside some of the coldest, darkest places on the Moon could be something incredibly important to the future of human space exploration: water ice.

In this video, we’re looking at how this bizarre hopping lunar explorer works, why scientists are so interested in the Moon’s south pole, what lunar water could mean for future astronauts and space travel, and why several nations suddenly seem VERY interested in the same neighborhood.

Also…

BOING.

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