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Want to make your mark on the moon? Now you can — thanks to these Texas students - Miami Herald
A majority of us will probably never be able to travel the 238,900 miles to the moon, but that doesn’t mean we can’t leave our mark on it. And it’s all thanks to a group of University of Texas at Austin students.
A rover named LEGACI (short for “Lunar Engraver with Geologic Autonomous Carving Instrument) that can be programmed to write short messages on the Moon’s surface was designed by a group of 10 students from the Cockrell School of Engineering. The idea won two awards at NASA’S RASC-AL annual design competition, NASA announced. The awards were “Excellence in Commercial Innovation” and “Commercial Cislunar Space Development.”
A majority of us will probably never be able to travel the 238,900 miles to the moon, but that doesn’t mean we can’t leave our mark on it. And it’s all thanks to a group of University of Texas at Austin students.
A rover named LEGACI (short for “Lunar Engraver with Geologic Autonomous Carving Instrument) that can be programmed to write short messages on the Moon’s surface was designed by a group of 10 students from the Cockrell School of Engineering. The idea won two awards at NASA’S RASC-AL annual design competition, NASA announced. The awards were “Excellence in Commercial Innovation” and “Commercial Cislunar Space Development.”