CNBC by Arjun Kharpal 3/2/2018
German space firm PT Scientists, along with Finnish network equipment-maker Nokia and U.K. mobile carrier Vodafone, are gearing up to launch a telecoms network on the moon in 2019.
Two Audi rovers and a base station for 4G mobile internet will be taken to the moon by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
The rovers would explore the landing site of NASA's Apollo 17 mission when humans last set foot on the moon in 1972, and send back images over the mobile network.
When people start taking a vacation to the moon, there might be a mobile network to let them post their pictures on social media.
German space firm PT Scientists, along with Finnish network equipment-maker Nokia and British mobile carrier Vodafone, are gearing up to launch a telecoms network on the moon in 2019.
It would mark the first private space mission to the moon, if successful. The group of companies is aiming to send Audi lunar quattro rovers to the landing site of NASA's Apollo 17 mission — when man last set foot on the moon in 1972.
A so-called base station that will be the basis of the mobile network will be launched as well. It will allow the rovers to connect to the 4G mobile network and live-stream images back to Earth.
The rovers will explore the Apollo 17 site, but the spacecraft will land about three to five kilometers away, so a mobile signal is needed.
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