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Forget
the Detroit auto industry.
A team of Cameron University
students are designing a vehicle for places Humvees fear to tread.
Engineering design
technology students at Cameron are preparing to enter NASA's 16th annual
Great Moonbuggy Race, April 3-4 in Huntsville,
Ala. The team will face off against around 100 teams from around the
world.
Engineering professor Hermann Gruenwald is helping with the
project, along with faculty sponsor, professor Mark Polson. About 10 students are designing
and building a moonbuggy to take part in the
grueling competition, which includes a "moon crater" the buggy must go through. The vehicle must be manually
powered and have two drivers, a man and a woman.
Cameron
students have competed in the event a number of times, but last year's
team wasn't able to make the trip to Alabama.
Sunday,
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