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| Moon Buggy also known as Land Rover |
Eduardo San Juan, is a graduate of Mapua Institute of Technology (MIT). He
worked for Lockheed Corporation and conceptualized the design of the
Moon Buggy of the Apollo astronauts used while in the moon. He is a NASA Engineer and San Juan reportedly used his Filipino ingenuity to build a
vehicle that would run outside the Earth's atmosphere. He constructed
his model using homemade materials. In 1978, San Juan received one of
the Ten Outstanding Men (TOM) awards in science and technology.
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| Philippines postage stamp commemoration |
The Filipinos consider Eduardo San Juan as the inventor of the Moon Buggy
or more popularly known as the Lunar Rover. The Moon Buggy was the car
used by Neil Armstrong and other astronauts when they first explored the
moon in 1969.
However, he was not listed as the inventor of the Moon Buggy in American scientific journals. It said the vehicle was designed and constructed by a group of space engineers. In Poland, the Moon Buggy is attributed to a Polish inventor. Worse, the National Academy of Science and Technology (NAST) does not recognize her in its roster of outstanding Filipino scientists.
