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# Hopper

For traveling around on the surface of Mars, Human rated Caravan Rovers are great, but with a top speed of 40 kph on "paved" Martian "roads" and 10-20 kph for rough terrain, it is time consuming to go farther than 200 km by rover.\
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Starting in the 2050s clever Aerospace Engineers from across the greater Ad Astra Unlimited talent base created a home-grown "Hopper" Methalox rocket.\
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Each of these Hoppers is traditionally assembled by their own crew of engineers, and each have distinct properties like payload, range, durability and accessories.  Martians take a particular pride on building and customizing their own Hoppers as a form of rebellious human culture as humanity goes through the post-scarcity abundance of robotic labor.\
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Settlers use their Hoppers to get to Duskworks Landing, to Waterloo City and to explore the vast richness that Mars has to offer.\
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Aerospace is a robust roadmap of features and content, on the first release there is the [Ground Control Station](/playerguide/buildings-for-your-martian-homestead/aerospace/the-buildings-of-aerospace/ground-control-station.md), the [Vulcan Metalworks](/playerguide/buildings-for-your-martian-homestead/aerospace/the-buildings-of-aerospace/vulcan-metalworks.md), [Rocket Fuel Factory](/playerguide/buildings-for-your-martian-homestead/aerospace/the-buildings-of-aerospace/rocket-fuel-factory.md) and the [Fuel Tank](/playerguide/buildings-for-your-martian-homestead/aerospace/the-buildings-of-aerospace/fuel-tanks.md)s.\
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The next release for Aerospace will have the [Velociraptor Engine Factory](/playerguide/buildings-for-your-martian-homestead/aerospace/the-buildings-of-aerospace/velociraptor-engine-factory.md) and [Launch Pad](/playerguide/buildings-for-your-martian-homestead/aerospace/the-buildings-of-aerospace/launch-pad.md).  Then the [Hangar](/playerguide/buildings-for-your-martian-homestead/aerospace/the-buildings-of-aerospace/hangar.md) and the [Hopper](/playerguide/buildings-for-your-martian-homestead/aerospace/hopper.md)!\
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