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"At the risk of sacrificing all objectivity it really is pretty cool," ABC anchor Charles Gibson gushed. Risk is an understatement. It is an absolute certainty that his puff piece for NASA at the end of his road trip to Houston was pure cheerleading. As Gibson reported Tuesday, NASA's voyage to the moon in 2020 is so far purely imaginary. Yet the space agency has already developed a prototype of the rover it wants to use there. The only plausible motive for building a vehicle for a potential trip eleven years in the fture is to use it for publicity and promotion. Enter anchor Gibson and his pitch for "the ultimate off-road vehicle."
"You are looking at one nervous television guy here, let me tell you," he exclaimed in excitement. "Push the stick to go forward. Twist the stick to turn. Stop and push the stick to the side and the wheels rotate in just seconds, allowing you to turn 90 degrees left or right. It can turn on a dime and, if you wondered, it does have cup holders."
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