With a remote-controlled rover that can turn dust and sand into solid construction material, a team from the TUM student group WARR is taking part in the 2021 Field Campaign of the Space Innovation initiative, based in Switzerland. With their project, the students hope to contribute to the construction of the first human settlement away from Earth.
It’s getting started. The TUM team holds their breath as LARSS comes to life. The six-wheeled rover stands on a small platform next to the summit station of the Pilatus cable car 2000 meters above sea level.
At the command of the operator sitting in the control room in the Swiss Museum of Transport in Lucerne, the sun shield opens. A large 46 x 46 cm lens appears, linked flexibly to the rover via two round rails. With a quiet whirring sound, electric motors align the lens precisely with the sun.
Source: “LARSS getting set for Moon launch“, TUM News
