Design Competition

The first step for selecting rovers is through design studies. Each candidate must demonstrate in the study that the rover meets the imposed constraints and requirements (see section 4.5.3). Innovative ideas are encouraged at this point of the contest.

The entrant field will be narrowed down to 20 candidates maximum and each continent will be represented within that field.

Earth-based Race Competition

This race will determine which rovers can best achieve the race on the Moon. The selection criteria will be endurance, robustness, speed and communication capabilities (including the lunar time delay). As the competition must remain intercontinental, the final selection will include at least one representative of each continent. The entrant field will be narrowed down to 12 candidates. The first 10 will participate in the Lunar Rover Race and the other 2 will be left as backups.

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