I did a post on the final reporting of the Mars Rover, she was a tough little robot! She was only supposed to last 30 days, kind of ran way past that, LOL!
The electronics are older, and even older than you think, because they selected a radiation resistant microprocessor of a much lower ability. So more like 30+ years on the electronics!
We should be aggressive with the moon, because we must learn everything we can there; before we leave someone hanging out to dry on Mars!
The best place on the Moon will be the location with Lava Tubes, to provide easy habitation space. The Moon must be a laboratory to support the future...beginning with Mars. Colonization is well within our ability now, and can prove to be financially lukerative; fairly quickly!
I would Love to give it a try myself, it would be exciting, and I could keep the robots running!
I like robots myself, I am planning on building a CNC Mill (Robot) from a manual mill I already have. They are good servants, and we should use them as much as possible, to protect life and limb!
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RE: NASA is back on track to colonize the moon, by destroying some grains of moon material brought back by Apollo 17.