The first race on the moon will be between two remote control cars built by a teenager

This is only one thing before Elon Musk decides when to race on the moon, and 2021 looks like that time. No, these are not man-made cars: they are student-designed remote control engines. Because, hell, why not?

That is the goal Moon mark, The company that organizes this whole thing. Moonmark is a multimedia and educational content company committed to doing cool shit like sending remote control cars to the moon to get young people in the STEM fields. What better way to do this than to ask high school students to design remote control cars that run in space from the comfort of the earth?

To do things, there are a ton of big names as guides for the students involved, with Frank Stephenson being responsible for designing the cars for the Mini, Ferrari, Maserati and McLaren. Tons of students submitted designs for the remote control Moon race, but Stephenson will give his expertise to the two finalists, who will eventually go into space.

The interior design of the cars has already been used, so this is an aerodynamic bodywork challenge: how to actually use that platform Go.

When the cars are finished, where does the musk come from. The completed engines will be injected into the moon via the SpaceX Falcon 9, which is currently scheduled to launch in October 2021. The Nova-C lunar lander of intuitive engines will then carry cars to the surface.

That release, though? It’s going to be Precious. From New Atlas, Which directed the numbers:

Each car weighs 2.5 kg (5.5 lb) and the “sorting mechanism” used to place them on the lunar surface weighs another 3 kg (6.6 lb). Because this 8kg (17.6 lb) combined weight is a big deal It goes to the moon. This is a somewhat specialized distribution, not cheap. For example, the lunar logistics company Astrobotic It is currently quoting a price of US $ 1.2 million per kilo (Approximately US $ 544,000 per pound) to reduce one of its peregrine lander modules.

High School Elizabeth, can I tell you? No. Is ready to handle the responsibility of the multi-million dollar space racing program. Young people who get this opportunity are the ones who are made of things that are harder than that Nothing Within us.

The Nova-C lander will have the tools needed to communicate with the Earth, so high school students will be in touch. There will also be a live stream of the event, so humans going to Earth can see history from the comfort of our beds.

This is the hell of a cool project. I honestly can’t wait to see what’s in it.