Reuters - Wed Aug 31, 4:08 AM ET
Jeffrey the penguin stands guard over Raytheon's Lunar Penguin
explorer during the American Institute of Aeronautics and
Astronautics Space 2005 Conference in Long Beach, California,
August 30, 2005. A robotic Lunar Penguin explorer could be hopping
around on the moon by 2009, maker Raytheon Co. said on Tuesday as
it unveiled the concept lander at an aerospace conference. The
unmanned lunar device, in development for two years, is 3 feet tall
and weighs approximately 230 pounds. It 'hops' by reigniting small
propulsion engines. NO SALES NO ARCHIVES (Susan
Goldman/Raytheon/Handout/Reuters)
