Russian lunar rovers

hot_pastrami · 02-10-2004, 06:04 PM

Wow, I had never heard of this before... in 1970, and again in 1973, the Russians landed remote-controlled rovers on the moon in a program called Lunokhod. The rovers had basic instrumentation and took thousands of photos. Nifty.

Those Russian scientists came out with some pretty neat stuff back when they actually had some money to work with. This makes me wonder how many of their other innovations I've never heard of. Unfortunately, they're usually better known for the creations they blatantly copied and stole.

02-10-2004, 06:04 PM	#1
hot_pastrami I am meaty Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Salt Lake City, UT Posts: 1,119	Russian lunar rovers Wow, I had never heard of this before... in 1970, and again in 1973, the Russians landed remote-controlled rovers on the moon in a program called Lunokhod. The rovers had basic instrumentation and took thousands of photos. Nifty. Those Russian scientists came out with some pretty neat stuff back when they actually had some money to work with. This makes me wonder how many of their other innovations I've never heard of. Unfortunately, they're usually better known for the creations they blatantly copied and stole. __________________ Hot Pastrami!

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