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My moon rover, Lunamine, not only collects samples and transfers them, but uses various gadgets to collect special data for the future Artemis base. It is 3.5 x 2 x 2 feet with high friction wheels and a vacuum to suck in the regolith and lunar dust. Its water drills can safely drill into the soil, carefully extract any water sample, transport them through a wired pipe, and keep them in a tank inside the rover. Lunamine also has a camera called a PIXL (The Planetary Instrument for X-ray Lithochemistry), PIXL helps identify chemical elements on any tiny scale. Another component is SHERLOC (The Scanning Habitable Environments with Raman & Luminescence for Organics & Chemicals.) helps by using lasers to search for organics and minerals that have been altered by watery/dry environments. Lastly, It has a thick weatherproof insulator, and when in transit it has 5 layers of insulating covers.