Why don't REALLY send a Segway on the Moon?

[spacebatman]

"...One can always imagine obstacles that any one particular rover design might not be able to handle..."

All mars rovers' movements must be "planned" for days due to earth-mars radio delay.

Moonrovers, thanks to "one-second" only radio-delay, can be driven in real-time.

This is a GIANT advantage (for space/time moon exploration) of moonrovers vs. mars rovers but may increase the problems that a rovers may have during moon travel.

A Segway-based design may help if some unexpected problems will happen.


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