Apollo 16: Driving on the Moon
			
		
		
			Video Credit:  
NASA
		
		
			What would it be like to drive on the Moon?
You don't have to guess -- humans have actually done it.
Pictured above, 
Apollo 16 astronauts 
John Young and 
Charles Duke recorded video 
during one such drive in 1972, with a digital version now available on the web. 
No matter which direction it headed, the 
Lunar Rover 
traveled a path literally covered with rocks and craters.
The first half of 
the above video 
shows the rover zipping about a moonscape near 10 kilometers per hour, while the second half 
shows a dash-cam like view.
The Lunar Rover was deployed on the later 
Apollo missions 
as a way for astronauts to reach and explore terrain further from the 
Lunar Module basecamp than was possible by walking in cumbersome spacesuits.
Possible 
future lunar missions 
that might deploy 
robotic rovers capable of beaming back similar videos include those by 
China, 
Russia, 
India, and 
Google X-Prize contestants.