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Two teams of high-school students are creating remote control cars to race on the moon. No, this isnโt Mario Kart.
In the new year, a few lucky high-school students will get the chance to try their hand at automotive engineering alongside Frank Stephenson, the motor genius behind the design of McLarenโs flagship supercar the M-P1. Get this though, that isnโt even the most exciting part.
The competition, devised by SpaceX chief Elon Musk and โedu-designโ company Moon Mark, will see Stephenson team up with these young innovators to create two remote-controlled cars to be raced across the moonโs surface. Yes, you read that right.
A bunch of different schools have entered across the globe. Each team will compete in a series of qualifying phases involving e-gaming and drone racing, as well as activities designed to improve the entrepreneurship skills of all involved. The two teams left standing at the end will fight it out in zero gravity.
The race is currently slated for October 2021, provided there are no hitches with Space Xโs Falcon 9 rocket or the first ever batch of privately built moon landers courtesy of Houston based tech company Intuitive Machines. Should the two cars complete the journey from the Kennedy Space Center to their lunar track intact, theyโll be controlled remotely by a member of each student team using high powered remote controls. Howโs that for extra-curricular activity?
