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Remotely drive a little Moon rover while wearing video goggles that aim a stereo cam remotely so you can look around as you dive.
Do it as a private investment, drivers bid for five minute slots. I’d pay a thousand bucks probably but I’d be going up against millionaires who would probably outbid
me
The Moon’s first actual money making business.
Forgot to add, Pert made an excellent point about the delay, that was gonna be a main feature, this wouldn't just be like playing a driving video game, it'd be a challenge.
Here's an overview from Grok.
https://x.com/i/gro...c11a3f4c4bc7121c4fb
[doctorremulac3, Apr 08 2026]
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(+) I wonder what the insurance premiums would be like on renting a moon buggy. It's not like they can just send a tow truck. |
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I'd be happy to let you drive the buggy for me [Doc]. I am a crap driver and don't like driving. |
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Communication Delay from Earth to the Moon
Speed of Radio Signals |
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Radio signals travel at the speed of light, approximately 300,000 kilometers per second (186,282 miles per second).
The distance from Earth to the Moon is about 238,855 miles (384,400 kilometers). |
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One-way delay: Approximately 1.25 seconds.
Round-trip delay: Approximately 2.5 seconds. |
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Implications of the Delay |
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This delay affects real-time communication, making it necessary for astronauts and mission control to account for the lag.
For example, if mission control sends a message, it takes 1.25 seconds to reach the Moon, and the astronauts' response takes another 1.25 seconds to return, totaling 2.5 seconds before mission control hears back. |
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Understanding this delay is crucial for effective communication during lunar missions, as it influences how astronauts interact with mission control and manage their tasks. |
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Ugh, I was gonna mention the delay and factor that in, that's why it's more interesting that a video game. It's basically a physical echo chamber. If you've ever tried to talk into a mic with a one second echo you'll see it's very hard, the lizard part of your brain has no idea what's going on and you have to really try to ignore it to speak. I had pulled over at a pretty park on a nice day and decided to put an idea up while looking at the trees and realized I needed to get home to the wife, was getting late, so I neglected to put up what was kind of a main feature of the idea. Thank you for the reminder Pert.
Driving would be the same, it'd be really hard. |
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But good point about the craters and such, would need AI safety features to take over when you told it to drive into a Hollywood set light or a flag blowing in the wind. <---(stupid joke) But seriously, maybe having this at the meridian (or whatever you call the line between the dark and light side) so you could explore the dark side of the Moon too. With lights on obviously. |
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Be interesting to add a "Moon delay" switch to driving video games. Hmm. |
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Yes it would be a lot more profitable to have the rover on a fake moon in a warehouse somewhere, and implement the signal delay in software. |
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True, but I'm not gonna pay a thousand bucks for playing that for 5 minutes. With this you could actually have "Remotely drove a vehicle on the Moon" on your resume. I'd absolutely do it. |
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Let me do the math as to the commercial aspect of it. |
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Okay, Grok did a very wordy overview and about $5,000 a hour might be feasible. |
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But it added a great, idea, sponsorships. |
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I'd add a video game aspect, there are Mario Brothers style goals superimposed on the screen that you try to achieve. |
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Right but mine is 6000 an hour and is more realistic |
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