
New LUVMI rover prototype in the making.....
Engineers at Space Applications are currently designing and building the LUVMI rover. This includes assembling a plastic prototype of the rover wheel. To help keep the weight of the rover low, the wheels and other parts are being built using thin sheets of metal. Every wheel and a large section of the rover body will be designed based on a technology called thin metal sheet structure. This technology is often used in the construction of aircraft but is not currently used in s