TRL 6 — illustrative study
01Thermal management
Steady-state regolith contact; eclipse-transition margin under review.
MOBILITY SYSTEMS
Traverse qualified to specific limits, documented margins disclosed.
Traverse profile
Every subsystem carries a qualification posture and an operational boundary. Thermal steady-state, dust tolerance, GNSS-denied positioning drift, load cases — all stated with margin or flagged as work-in-progress. We publish what is qualified and what is not yet. No render before the data.
How we work
Systems thinking before renders.
We document what each subsystem is qualified to do, where the margins live, and what remains unqualified. Every integration boundary is explicit. Every failure mode is named. You read the engineering dossier first—the CAD comes after you've decided the platform fits your mission profile.
Telemetry snapshot
Qualification posture: what is qualified, what is not.
15° drift / 25° limit
02GNSS-denied positioning
Drift documented; operational limits defined within mission profile.
In-progress qualification
03Dust tolerance (regolith abrasion)
Mechanical seal performance under continuous egress; pending extended-duty testing.
Platform Architecture
Seven subsystems in dialogue.
Mobility, positioning, thermal, and avionics are not separate problems — they share constraints. We document how each subsystem operates within its margin, where it touches the others, and what happens when one hits its limit. No rendered sketch hides the tradeoff.
- Mobility
Drive architecture, suspension geometry, tire/track interaction with regolith, traction envelope under load and slope.
- Positioning
GNSS-denied navigation, inertial integration, landmark-relative correction, documented drift per mission profile.
- Thermal
Steady-state dissipation budget, eclipse survival architecture, component operating ranges, night-side isolation strategy.
- Avionics
Redundancy logic, sensor fusion precedence, fault-tree reasoning, interfaces to mission command and onboard systems.
- Dust Tolerance
Seal strategy, abrasion rates on moving surfaces, electrostatic mitigation, maintenance intervals and margins.
- Integration Boundary
Mechanical, electrical, thermal, and data interfaces defined. What we provide; what the mission must supply.
Mission Fit
Who should start a mission-fit conversation
Mission architects and systems engineers
You're evaluating surface mobility as a subsystem within a larger mission architecture. You need integration boundaries clearly stated, thermal and power budgets exposed, and a vendor who discloses what is qualified and what is not. Moon Buggies publishes qualification posture upfront—no hidden reserves, no marketing-grade specs.
Space agencies and commercial operators
You're procuring hardware for high-consequence lunar programs where failure modes and redundancy reasoning matter more than renderings. You want evidence of systems-integration rigor, documented operational limits, and straightforward answers about what the platform can and cannot do in your mission profile.
Start a mission-fit conversation.
Bring your mission profile, subsystem interfaces, and thermal constraints. We will map them against the documented study boundaries and state plainly where the fit holds and where it does not.