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Moon Buggy

The Moon buggy is a 1 horsepower vehicle. No doors, no windows. Just some equipment and painful chairs. If anyone else made it it would probably cost 10 bucks. But it was made by Nasa, and it was for the Moon, so it cost 20 million US dollars, mind you, that was the day when an average car only cost 3000 or so. However, on the moon the moon buggy was very useful, expanding our knowledge of the moon. The only drawback was that because the moon buggy didn't have any extra supplies, the NASA team could only go to a distance where they could walk back from.

However, the new moon buggy has solved the problem. The new moon buggy costs 4.5 million dollars, looks like a truck with a round cabin, however it is a very high tech piece of equipment. On earth it weighs 4 tons but on the moon it weighs 760 kilos. Its top speed is about 16 kph. The moon has 12 wheels, and a motor for every other wheel. It has powerful computers that can make it navigate ditched and rocks. Mos importantly, it is sealed and has its own air and food supply, making it be able to travel much further much faster ans much safer. However, if you do get bogged down you can exit the buggy through a door that leads right into your space suit. No more hopping around trying to get it on. All you have to do is stretch you legs our in to the suit, put your arm through the top part and start walking. The space suit would be full of supplies that hopefully is enough to get you back. However breaking down is very unlikely.

Its tires are from a tractor, chosen for their toughness.. It can change its height off the ground for bumpy terrain. Its so good on hard terrain, that even on earth weighing 4 tons it can climb over 30 degree slopes. However, all this is useless since the moon missions have all been canceled. The 4.5 million dollar piece of modern machinery will just go to a warehouse for the rest of its life.