{"id":15704,"date":"2018-03-10T16:12:51","date_gmt":"2018-03-10T21:12:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=15704"},"modified":"2018-03-10T16:12:51","modified_gmt":"2018-03-10T21:12:51","slug":"video-driving-the-audi-lunar-quattro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=15704","title":{"rendered":"Video: Driving the Audi Lunar Quattro"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jonny Smith of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCzz4CoEgSgWNs9ZAvRMhW2A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fully Charged Show<\/a> on line program visited the <a href=\"http:\/\/ptscientists.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Part Time Scientists<\/a> group in Berlin, which is partnering with Audi and Vodafone on a private mission to the Moon. In this video, Smith gets to drive the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ptscientists.com\/products\/audi-lunar-quattro\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Audi Lunar Quattro<\/a>, &#8220;a remote controlled solar powered electric moon buggy&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/E96Z6R1Gd8M?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>PT Scientists began as a team competing for the <a href=\"https:\/\/lunar.xprize.org\/news\/blog\/important-update-google-lunar-xprize\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Lunar XPRIZE<\/a>, which ended <a href=\"http:\/\/ptscientists.com\/farewell-glxp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">without any winners<\/a>, However, like several other GLXP teams, a commercial company emerged from the effort and will continue to pursue lunar ventures.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15705\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15705\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ptscientists.com\/products\/audi-lunar-quattro\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"15705\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=15705\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ALQ-Presentation-Banner-1024x4101.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1024,410\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ALQ-Presentation-Banner-1024&amp;#215;410[1]\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ALQ-Presentation-Banner-1024x4101-300x120.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ALQ-Presentation-Banner-1024x4101-1024x410.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-15705 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ALQ-Presentation-Banner-1024x4101-1024x410.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ALQ-Presentation-Banner-1024x4101.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ALQ-Presentation-Banner-1024x4101-300x120.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ALQ-Presentation-Banner-1024x4101-768x308.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15705\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>&#8220;Equipped with a four-wheel electrical drive chain, tilt-able solar panels, rechargeable batteries and science-grade high definition cameras, the Audi lunar quattro rovers will deploy and operate a series of scientific and technological payloads on the Moon.&#8221;<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">====<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/rcm-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/cm?o=1&amp;p=12&amp;l=ur1&amp;category=echo&amp;banner=146870N94VDD8MAPHT02&amp;f=ifr&amp;linkID=1a66b7640a95795359e192e9c202c69f&amp;t=hobbyspace&amp;tracking_id=hobbyspace\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jonny Smith of the Fully Charged Show on line program visited the Part Time Scientists group in Berlin, which is partnering with Audi and Vodafone on a private mission to the Moon. In this video, Smith gets to drive the\u00a0Audi Lunar Quattro, &#8220;a remote controlled solar powered electric moon buggy&#8221;. PT Scientists began as a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=15704\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Video: Driving the Audi Lunar Quattro<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,26,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-space-participation","category-space-systems","category-the-moon"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-45i","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7899,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=7899","url_meta":{"origin":15704,"position":0},"title":"Apollo 15 artifacts set record prices at space collectibles auction","author":"TopSpacer","date":"May 23, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"An auction of space collectibles at\u00a0RR Auction\u00a0did well especially for Apollo 15 astronaut David Scott\u00a0:\u00a0Joystick sets record price for space collectibles - AFP\/Phys.Org The price of space junk inched closer to the moon on Friday after a hand controller from the Apollo 15 mission sold at auction for $610,063\u2014an apparent\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;History&quot;","block_context":{"text":"History","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=6"},"img":{"alt_text":"3321443_2","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/3321443_2.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":22199,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=22199","url_meta":{"origin":15704,"position":1},"title":"2020 Lunar Development Conference &#8211; July 19-20, 2020 &#8211; online","author":"TopSpacer","date":"July 14, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"2020 Lunar Development Conference is a two day all-virtual event sponsored by The Moon Society on July 19 \u2013 20, 2020. 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