Australia Picks ELO2 Consortium To Build Lunar ‘Roo-ver’

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The moniker "Roo-ver" was the winner of an Australia-wide naming competition.

Credit: Australian Space Agency
The Australia Space Agency (ASA) has selected by the ELO 2 Consortium to build the country’s first lunar rover, dubbed the "Roo-ver" by the public after a naming competition. The ELO 2 design edged out competitor company AROSE following an 18-month design process. ASA has set aside A$42 million ($31...
Chen Chuanren

Chen Chuanren is the Southeast Asia and China Editor for the Aviation Week Network’s (AWN) Air Transport World (ATW) and the Asia-Pacific Defense Correspondent for AWN, joining the team in 2017.

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