Airbus will build the first space truck

The new device, according to NASA plans, will have to transport materials from Mars to Earth. The soil itself will be drilled

  American space all-terrain vehiclePerseverance agency, and a special rocket will launch materials into orbit of the planet. An Airbus satellite will pick up the packaged samples and send them back to Earth. The joint US-European project will cost billions of dollars and take just over a decade to complete.

The device, when launched in 2026, will weigh6.5 tons, it will use a mixture of chemical and electric motors. Their powers should be enough to get to Mars, and then return to Earth with a load of stones. The ion engine will require more power, so the researchers will equip the devices with 39-meter wings.

“It's not just harder than any mission to Mars,it is twice as difficult. The Airbus device will indeed become the "first interplanetary cargo ship" because it is the device that will perform this function. It is designed to carry cargo between Mars and Earth "

David Parker, Director of Human and Robotic Exploration, European Space Agency

NASA previously launched the Perseverance rover, designed to search for astrobiological evidence of ancient microbial life on Mars. This is part of NASA's planetary exploration program.

NASA researchers taught the roverPerseverance explores Mars with the most detailed map of the planet yet. If all goes according to plan, the car-sized rover will land in Jezero Crater on February 18, 2021. Daily, the rover will travel an average of 200 m per Martian day. He will conduct research related to the search for traces of microorganisms on the planet. In addition, researchers want to understand in more detail the structure of geological processes on Mars and collect rock samples.

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