NASA is planning to build the first railway station system on the moon.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced its plans to build a robot train on the moon.
The Flexible Levitation on a Track (FLOAT) project will create the first lunar railway system to provide reliable, autonomous, and efficient transportation on the moon.
It will be very critical for the daily operations of a sustainable lunar base.
NASA would use unpowered magnetic robots under the FLOAT project. These robots would levitate a three-layer flexible film track to prevent abrasion from the lunar surface’s dust.
The graphite layer will let robots float over tracks using diamagnetic levitation passively. The flex-circuit layer generates electromagnetic thrust to propel robots along tracks controllably.
These robots will be used to carry and bring about 100 tonnes of construction material to NASA’s lunar base.
