Analog Astronauts of OeWF, Inigo Munoz and Carmen Kohler test the Moon Robot named 'Puli Rover' at the Kaunertaler Glacier, Austria, August 3, 2015. Claudia Stix/OeWF via REUTERS
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - A miniature rover being developed to explore the Moon's surface is on track to join the search for water there, its Hungarian inventors believe - using a device that weighs less than a bag of sugar.
Named after a Hungarian breed of dog, the Puli rover is a low-cost platform designed to carry different payloads, including the ice water snooper, which won the 2020 "Honey, I Shrunk the NASA Payload" challenge, a competition organised by the U.S. space agency.
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