Author Topic: Canada plans to launch moon rover (Read 12921 times)

JacobTheInvestigator · « **on:** 05/27/2021 12:21 pm »

Canadian Space Agency announced this yesterday. They plan to cooperate with NASA and launch the rover by 2026.

Elvis in Space · « **Reply #1 on:** 05/27/2021 12:33 pm »

Those guys will go anywhere to find ice.

libra · « **Reply #2 on:** 05/27/2021 01:37 pm »

Ha ha !

Cool to see Canada going into big aerospace projects. The more the merrier !

Challenger1983 · « **Reply #3 on:** 05/27/2021 01:40 pm »

This is amazing, I wonder what we will christen it?

TrevorMonty · « **Reply #4 on:** 05/27/2021 04:57 pm »

There was good podcast on a Canadian company that specialises in robotic ming vehicles. On https://spaceq.ca a a year or two ago.
I can't remember name of company but they were interested in doing lunar vehicles.

Will try to find it and post link. NB this webpage has lot of good space podcasts, most to do with Canadian companies.

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Jeff Lerner · « **Reply #5 on:** 05/27/2021 05:10 pm »

“... In partnership with NASA, a Canadian rover will land on the Moon within the next five years. As a first step, the CSA will select two Canadian companies to develop concepts for the rover and science instrument(s) for this mission.....”

Here’s the link to a bunch of related announcements...

https://www.canada.ca/en/space-agency/news/2021/05/canada-moves-forward-with-plans-to-explore-the-moon.html

2026 ??...who knows, I might even get my Covid vaccinations by then...

Sorry, that was my outdoor voice...

yg1968 · « **Reply #6 on:** 05/27/2021 06:03 pm »

See below for more information:

Quote from: yg1968 on 05/27/2021 01:27 am

Canada moves forward with plans to explore the Moon:
https://www.canada.ca/en/space-agency/news/2021/05/canada-moves-forward-with-plans-to-explore-the-moon.html

https://www.canada.ca/en/space-agency/news/2021/05/backgrounder---canada-moves-forward-with-plans-to-explore-the-moon.html

Quote from: CSA
A Canadian rover on the Moon

The CSA is preparing for a Canadian rover to explore a polar region of the Moon within the next five years. The mission will demonstrate key technologies and accomplish meaningful science. The rover will be carrying at least two science instruments, Canadian and American. The mission will aim to gather imagery and measurements and data of the surface the moon, as well as to have the rover survive an entire night on the Moon. Lunar nights, which last about 14 Earth‑days, are extremely cold and dark, posing a significant technological challenge.

RFP should be out in the coming months:

Quote from: Global News
Lisa Campbell, president of the space agency, says it will put out a request for proposals on design and development from two companies in the coming months.

https://globalnews.ca/news/7895432/canada-mission-moon-nasa/

As mentioned previously by SN, the rover would launch as part of a CLPS mission:

Quote from: SN November 28th article
Dupuis said CSA has negotiated a ride to the moon on a NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) lander mission. “In exchange for launching us, we are providing accommodations for a U.S. instrument on our rover,” he said. He said that the agreement with NASA also includes flying additional Canadian lunar science payloads on CLPS missions, fixed to landers.

https://spacenews.com/canada-developing-lunar-rover-and-science-payloads/

yg1968 · « **Reply #7 on:** 05/29/2021 09:47 pm »

https://twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/status/1398741605457305600

Charlotte Bridgestone · « **Reply #8 on:** 06/01/2021 02:36 pm »

I am glad to hear that more and more countries advancing in space exploration, isn't that wonderful?
By the way, have you heard about first torist journey to the Moon possible in near future? Would you join it if you had a possibility?

Steve G · « **Reply #9 on:** 06/01/2021 02:55 pm »

Hi, Charlotte, welcome to the forum!

There is a ton of information on this forum concerning the Dear Moon tourist mission.

https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=46387.0

Browse through the hundreds of topics and you'll lose yourself. It's an amazing wealth of information provided by the very rocket scientists who build and launch the rockets. I am a simple life-long space enthusiast, and it can be a little intimidating, but it's worth joining the conversation.

Hope to keep hearing from you!

Charlotte Bridgestone · « **Reply #10 on:** 06/02/2021 06:15 am »

Steve G, thank so much - think this night will be sleepless as I am really going to check as much topics as I can

And thank you for your hospitality - I have just joined here and I don't know where to start, I want to discuss everything at once

now I am going to read Dear Moon topic and who knows when I finish

AnalogMan · « **Reply #11 on:** 06/02/2021 08:16 pm »

Phase 1 Request for Proposals was posted yesterday:

LEAP [Lunar Exploration Accelerator Program] - Lunar Rover Phase A (9F052-200303/B)
https://buyandsell.gc.ca/procurement-data/tender-notice/PW-ST-048-39535

Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC), on behalf of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), is releasing this Request for Proposals (RFP) to acquire services to conduct work for the Lunar Rover Mission (LRM) Phase A related to the Lunar Exploration Accelerator Program (LEAP).

The objective of the LRM Phase A will be to demonstrate and confirm the feasibility, value and benefits of the proposed rover and instruments suite for validating technology and conduct opportunistic science on the Moon, and to demonstrate the validity of the mission requirements as well as the development of the system requirements and concept designs for the rover and its instrument suite. The LRM will include at least two science instruments: one from Canada and one from the United States of America (U.S.).

At the end of Phase A, the CSA expects to have all the technical and programmatic information necessary to assess the potential of the proposed rover and instruments suite to contribute to the objectives of the LEAP mission.

The period of the contract(s) for the Phase A initiative will be from date of contract award up to eight ( 8 ) months after contract award.

The procurement process for the LEAP - Lunar Rover Mission initiative is planned to be conducted in two phases. This RFP is Phase 1 in the procurement process and is for the Phase A initiative. The participation in the subsequent Phase 2 RFP of the procurement process is for the Phases B, C and D initiative. Only the successful Bidder(s) from the Phase A bid solicitation will be eligible to participate in the subsequent Phase 2 RFP process conducted by PWGSC as described in this bid solicitation.

[...]
The intent of this RFP is to award up to two (2) Phase A contracts with a maximum funding of $1,800,000.00 (Applicable Taxes extra) for each contract.