<ul><li>A consortium of 21 startups, space and manufacturing companies, mining giant BHP, and several universities will collaborate to put an Australian-made rover on the Moon.</li><li>The ELO2 Consortium, co-led by EPE Oceania and Lunar Outpost Oceania, will design, construct, and operate the 'Roo-ver' on the lunar surface as part of NASA's Artemis Moon exploration program.</li><li>The Australian government has allocated $42 million through the Australian Space Agency (ASA) to fund the development of Roo-ver.</li><li>The semi-autonomous rover will collect lunar soil, gather data on the lunar surface, support the Artemis Program, and test capabilities for human habitation.</li></ul>

Skip to the Moon: the team behind a $42 million Australian Space Agency project to build Australia’s first lunar ‘Roo-ver’ revealed

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