Monday: CMU rolls out new lunar rover
Byron Spice
Department of Media Relations
Carnegie Mellon University
5000 Forbes Ave.
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Fax: 412-268-6929
Contact: Byron Spice For immediate release:
412-268-9068 October 5, 2012
Media Advisory:
Carnegie Mellon, Astrobotic Technology Roll Out New Lunar Robot
Polaris Rover Will Search for Water Ice on the Moon
Event: Carnegie Mellon University and Astrobotic Technology Inc. have completed assembly of Polaris, a flight prototype of the rover Astrobotic will send to the moon’s north pole in search of buried water ice. News media can get a first look at the solar-powered rover, which can accommodate a drill that can bore one meter into the lunar soil. Reporters also can speak with William “Red” Whittaker, CEO of Astrobotic and director of Carnegie Mellon’s Field Robotics Center, and other members of the team. Astrobotic, a CMU spinoff that develops robotics technology for planetary missions, has partnered with the university on the mission.
When: 11 a.m., Monday, Oct. 8
Where: Planetary Robotics Lab, first floor highbay, Gates and Hillman centers on Carnegie Mellon’s campus. Parking is available outside the highbay garage doors, or next door in the Gates Center parking garage. To reach the Gates Center, take Frew Street to the campus road called Roberts Drive; keep left on the drive to follow it down the hill; at the base of the hill, the Gates Center will be the black and silver building directly ahead. The highbay doors will be to the building’s left and the garage entrance is to the right.
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