What is ALI?
ALI is an acronym for the Autonomous Lunar Investigator (ALI) mission. The crux of this mission is to allow autonomous in situ exploration of the lunar poles of the moon within the next decade. ALI will consist of one or more 12 tetrahedral walkers capable of rapid locomotion with the many degrees of freedom and equipped for navigation in the non-illuminated, inaccessible and thus largely unexplored rugged terrains where resources are likely to be found such as the moons Polar Regions.ALI walkers would act as roving reconnaissance teams for unexplored regions, analyzing samples, soil or rock, along the way. The payload would be designed to provide not only details of composition, origin and age of traversed terrain, but the identification of sites with resources useful for permanent bases, including water and high Ti glass.
