This section very briefly describes the idea of having a lunar rover race. The main task will be a race between ten rovers from the Apollo 17 landing site to the Luna 21 landing site and back. On the way, several checkpoints have to be visited. The checkpoints are historical sites (Lunokhod 2, Lunar Rover Vehicle) and geological features. The competition is open to the public and other classes of participants, like companies, agencies, universities and schools. There are rover design requirements, constraints and rules, which are outlined in sections 4.4 and 4.5, but it is up to the participants to design the rover. Prices for innovative design, cheapest rover, best look and fastest rover will be awarded at a qualifying contest on Earth. Here the ten best rovers will be chosen, which will finally be sent to the Moon for the big race of about 380km.

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