Not yet, but two Australian consortiums — AROSE and ELO2 — are working on designs for the rover, to be ready for mid-2024.
One of the consortiums will then be chosen to develop their rover for the mission, taking place in 2026 or 2027.
According to the Australian Space Agency, the rover needs to have a mass of less than 20 kilograms.
Let’s take a look at both of the consortiums.
AROSE
One of the consortiums in called AROSE, which stands for Australian Remote Operations for Space and Earth.
It’s a not-for-profit organisation with headquarters in Perth and counts the likes of The University of Western Australia and oil and gas giant Woodside Energy among its founding partners.
In an update it shared in September, AROSE said whichever rover was chosen would face “some of the most extreme environmental conditions…
