NASA Test Drive

" by NASA is as quite busy they're taking America's next generation lunar space rover. Four testers and new Brandenburg in the sky rocket carrying an attack an observation satellite. Blast off from Vandenberg air force base in California last night. The payload is the third part above four satellite system that already supplied images of disasters like the cyclone in Myanmar. And the earthquake in China as I was telling you earlier about Nassau what's taking America's next generation lunar space rover for a test drive. And it's happening out in the Arizona desert. That's were Casey Stegall -- Doctor would job as you know some people can -- cigars he goes right to the space vehicle it. -- about this you lunar a module were mobile I should say what does it do why the using Arizona detested."

" Well Kelly and -- you're right that's a tough assignment fortunately they wouldn't actually let me drive the thing because it is quite expensive as you can imagine that that -- Giving us the official price tag on the project but here's the reason why this particular lunar is so much better the ones that are used right now and ones that have been used in the past we'll get right -- the video you can see what we're talking about. Very very cool stuff essentially the last time NASA is on the moon in 1972. Not rode around on metal frames with wheels it was very very bumpy. The astronauts were exposed to the conditions that they had to wear their spacesuits. At all times but does you can see -- this new lunar rover that little white capsule atop the wheels. Does a pressurized cabin much like an airplane. I'm not allowed the after about four hours and hours and hours on the moon surface without there's. If they want to they can even fooled those seats down into the beds there are privacy walls there. Very very cool and that allows them to be much more productive in terms of the work they can accomplish when they are on the moon NASA by the way has plans to return to the moon Kelly by year 22 want to. While I mean that is such a cool. Project they're doing and how much it -- case he tells for quick how much it costs. Well be -- that the thing that the astronaut told me yesterday -- did all right what's the price tag of this is very cool but how much does this cost and he said let's just put it this way it costs a little bit more. Then a Ferrari. Obviously that the given but that's all he would say he said that nafta's gonna keep it under wraps because the project is still evolving it's not entirely finished yet this is one of the first steps to test -- out here in the desert it's very rugged believe or not the Arizona desert. Mimics the the environment of the moon so that's why they're here but it is very costly but very cool and it's gonna pay off in the and they promise. Scrape it."

" Very closed Casey's that you got that -- very cool all right thanks Susan."