The rovers will be controlled by people on Earth at special theme park attractions. Simulators will give people a chance to test their skills, and the best will have the opportunity to drive the actual rover while others experience the ride in motion simulators using 360-degree video beamed back by the rovers. At a conference last fall, David Gump, president of LunaCorp, said interest in the mission among potential sponsors had increased considerably after last summer's success of the Sojourner rover on Mars. While the route of their first rover has already been chosen, LunaCorp is looking at a future rover mission to the south pole of the Moon. According to a document on the company's Web site, LunaCorp and CMU's Robotics Institute is planning a rover mission that would land at the South Pole and confirm the existence of water ice.
Space is a different place today than it was yesterday.
The Moon is the key to the Solar System, and the gates have just been thrown open.