Former Astronaut Drives His First Electric Car On Earth - The Porsche Taycan
This man piloted the electric Lunar Roving Vehicle nearly 50 years ago, but until now, he had never driven an electric car on earth. Porsche gave him the keys to a Taycan to fix that.
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There are few phenomena more heroic and inspiring than space travel. Only a select group of the smartest and most capable humans ever get the opportunity to see our small small planet from another view - beyond the atmosphere. Charles ‘Charlie’ Duke was one of those men. He was the tenth person to ever set foot on the moon’s surface and just the sixth person to pilot one of NASA’s most sophisticated electric vehicles of all time, the Lunar Roving Vehicle.