# Toyota's new Moon Cruiser **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Tags:** toyota\ **Created:** [January 28, 2022, 5:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/toyotas-new-moon-cruiser/182177 "2022-01-28T17:05:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2022, 5:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/toyotas-new-moon-cruiser/182177/1 "2022-01-28T17:05:46Z")
> **[Toyota heading to moon with cruiser, robotic arms, dreams](https://apnews.com/article/space-exploration-technology-science-business-robotics-43addff6ee72bc7cf3b2bfcf9f3ab570)** > > TOKYO (AP) — Toyota is working with Japan's space agency on a vehicle to explore the lunar surface, with ambitions to help people live on the moon by 2040 and then go live on Mars, company officials said Friday. ---
**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2022, 6:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/toyotas-new-moon-cruiser/182177/2 "2022-01-28T18:04:32Z")
Will Alice Kramden be the first? ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/6/8/68b1af00f8824de37c2b5eeab01ad899480a0441.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2022, 6:10pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/toyotas-new-moon-cruiser/182177/3 "2022-01-28T18:10:21Z")
If it’s a robotic rover, why does it have windows? It is great that more companies are getting into aerospace work though. ---
**Author:** ![davepsinbox\_157004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@davepsinbox\_157004](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davepsinbox_157004)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2022, 6:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/toyotas-new-moon-cruiser/182177/4 "2022-01-28T18:47:29Z")
I see a mention of a robotic _arm,_ but that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s a robot vehicle. The illustration could also be of a second generation vehicle. ---
**Author:** ![shadowfax](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/shadowfax/32/13026_2.png) [@shadowfax](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shadowfax)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2022, 10:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/toyotas-new-moon-cruiser/182177/5 "2022-01-28T22:19:14Z")
Plus, robotic vehicles are already used to transport humans. Check out the tram the next time you’re at the airport. Odds are, there’s no driver. This thing is interesting, but the biggest problem I see is getting it there. Unlike previous lunar rovers, that thing does not look like it will fold up very nicely, which means we are going to need a very wide garage section on the spacecraft that delivers it. That complicates things. ---
**Author:** ![Barkydog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/barkydog/32/2470_2.png) [@Barkydog](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Barkydog)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2022, 10:51pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/toyotas-new-moon-cruiser/182177/6 "2022-01-28T22:51:06Z")
If people are living on the moon in 2040 I imagine they will have at least a one car garage 😉 ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2022, 11:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/toyotas-new-moon-cruiser/182177/7 "2022-01-28T23:09:29Z")
> [@shadowfax](#): > > robotic vehicles are already used to transport humans. Check out the tram the next time you’re at the airport. Odds are, there’s no driver. To my amazement when I rode it, London’s _Docklands Light Railway_ had nobody piloting their trains. When I researched it, it turned out that they have been doing this since **1987** , with an enviable safety record. ---
**Author:** ![shadowfax](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/shadowfax/32/13026_2.png) [@shadowfax](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shadowfax)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2022, 11:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/toyotas-new-moon-cruiser/182177/8 "2022-01-28T23:59:32Z")
> [@Barkydog](#): > > I imagine they will have at least a one car garage 😉 If I’m living on the moon then, I want at least a 3 saucer garage 😃 ---
**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2022, 1:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/toyotas-new-moon-cruiser/182177/9 "2022-01-29T13:19:03Z")
> [@jtsanders](#): > > If it’s a robotic rover, why does it have windows? I’m pretty sure there’s camera’s and other sensitive equipment inside and protected behind the windows. ---
**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2022, 3:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/toyotas-new-moon-cruiser/182177/10 "2022-01-29T15:38:38Z")
The one pictured with windows is a rendition of a rover driven by astronauts in the future. May well be pressurized with an airlock for EVAs.