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Australia's first lunar rover has been unveiled as part of World Space Week, preparing for a 2030 mission to the moon's south pole. The 20-kilogram rover, part of a $42 million project involving more than 60 people and 10 universities, will carry NASA technology to collect crucial data about the lunar surface and regolith. The samples and analysis will help determine if the moon can sustain life, with the rover being tested in a lunar facility that replicates the moon's harsh conditions, including extreme temperatures fluctuating between minus 250 and plus 150 degrees Celsius.

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