On the industry side, Crystalspace and LightCode Photonics have become part of the project and negotiations are underway with several other Estonian companies. The starting point of the project is KuupKulgur, inspired by cubic satellites such as ESTCube, which is currently being developed as a student project and of which the first prototype has been completed. The next step for Estonia’s space industry So, if we start developing a lunar rover in Estonia now, we will later have the skills and technology to apply for Mars missions,” Pajusalu said. “In the long term, the Moon is a good stepping stone to prepare for missions to Mars. Mihkel Pajusalu, the head of the space technology department at the observatory, noted that many rovers were about to be put on the surface of the Moon in the near future to conduct research, and NASA’s Artemis space program has given a boost to the development of space technology in both the private and public sectors. The first step is a feasibility study to find out what sort of lunar rover could be built in Estonia and realistically delivered to the surface of the Moon, and what are the interests of Estonian industry and scientists to test their technology on the Moon, the spokespeople for Tartu Observatory said in a statement. Researchers and students at Tartu Observatory of the University of Tartu have started developing Estonia’s first Moon lander with the aim of bringing Estonian technology to the Moon – hopefully by the end of this decade or early in the next decade.
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