Tag: Navigation Systems
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QUT Leads Roo-ver Navigation for Australia’s Lunar Rover
Australia’s First Lunar Rover Gains a Guided Path Queensland University of Technology (QUT) researchers are steering the navigation systems that will guide Roo-ver, Australia’s ambitious lunar rover, as it travels across the Moon’s surface later this decade. As part of the Australian consortium ELO2, QUT experts in robotics and planetary science are developing robust positioning…
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Australia’s Drift Towards Asia: A Geological Perspective
Australia’s Northward Drift: A Geological Overview Australia, often viewed as a stable landmass, is, in fact, a dynamic continent that is drifting northward at approximately 7 centimeters (2.8 inches) each year. While this movement may seem insignificant on a human timescale, the long-term implications of this tectonic shift are profound. Professor Zheng-Xiang Li, a geologist…