Do you think if a car company designed a Lunar vehicle they would make it look totally futuristic?

Question

I'm just think about any old car company, i bet they would spark some interest from younger folks if they made the lunar rovers look sleek & futuristic.

Answer 1

i would like to see someone make the "warthog" from halo

Answer 2

Well a car company did make the lunar rovers.  You be the judge.  I liked them.

Answer 3

NASA looks for new ideas from private companies all the time. It's not to say no one hasn't done it but for a large car company it just wouldn's make fiscal sense to make a concept vehichle for space travel. But new ideas are popping up evreywhere. There is a woman desiging new ultralight space suits that isn't or I should say wasn't affiliated with NASA untill just this past year. You should design a space vehicle and slap a brand name on it like "jeep" and mail it to them. Maybe they will give you a job.

Answer 4

I agree that sleek and futuristic designs fare much better at capturing imagination.  But in aerospace form most often follows function.  If future Moon landing programs are like Apollo was in being driven largely by weight concerns, there may not be much in the weight budget for sleekness.

The Apollo lunar rover was, ironically, built by an aircraft manufacturer:  Boeing.

Answer 5

Nice

  That would be so nice to have a lunar or even a mars vehicle that were to be made by Audi or Jeep.