Moon buggies

Apollo surface transports

Moon buggies are wheeled vehicles designed for traveling across the lunar surface.

The term most famously applies to the Lunar Roving Vehicles used during NASA's Apollo missions in the early 1970s, which allowed astronauts to explore terrain far from their landing sites.

The phrase extends to any moon-capable rover, real or fictional: The kids pretended their go-kart was a moon buggy.

Related

one small step · Sea of Tranquility · astronaut · space suits · dust · tire tracks · low gravity · exploration · battery powered · wheels · craters · regolith · lunar rover · Grumman · chassis · radiation shielding · bump · golf cart

Opposites
operational environment

Moon buggiescity cars

Compact vehicles for urban driving

submarines · minivans · station wagons · golf carts · subway cars

vehicle type/function

Moon buggiesspacecraft

Vehicle for outer space

submarines · rockets · space shuttles · airplanes · helicopters

technological sophistication

Moon buggieshorse-drawn carts

Animal-powered wheeled vehicles

rickshaws · wheelbarrows · bicycles · donkey carts · sedan chairs

Family

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G