"Bill Bogen" wrote in message
m...
Are any back-up rovers available (US, UK, whatever) that might be
tweaked slightly (ex; made teleoperable) and sent to the Moon to, say,
explore possible lava tube sites for future colonies? Obviously, even
if one is available, we still need to develop a lander that can carry
it down, since using a Mars aerobraking system is not an option!

LunaCorp has had the IceBreaker mission basically ready for what.. five
years ?
Check out
http://hobbyspace.com/AAdmin/archive....html#Jan.8.04

Note that the design document that is available as PDF proposes a two-in-one
system for rover/lander.

-kert