Mission 1 Lander
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Mission 1
Multiple Google Lunar X-Prize clone-like rovers are delivered by a single lander.
The lander will "hop" around to deposit rovers, similar to an upside down "Candy" dispenser.
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(Rover deployment.)
The lander, after it's deployed it's first lander, on it's way to the next drop point!
Specifications for the rovers
Mobility
is this necessary with the lander dropping multiple 'rovers'
Video
webcams are cheap, the data may be expensive though. height for a perspective ? pan, tilt, optical zoom ?
Communications
Do we assuming short range communications relayed through the hopper ? The advantage of a hopper is to fly over the horizon, perhaps a mesh-comm network ?
Lunar Nightlife
may require RTGs just to survive.