Luxembourg is an unlikely contender in any space race, but the tiny European country just planted its flag in the emerging sector of budget space exploration. Under the terms of the new with space robotics startup CubeRover, Luxembourg City will host and support development of next gen lunar rovers made from off-the-shelf components. CubeRover is a spin off of Astrobotic, a space robotics company based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The CubeRover platform was developed by Astrobotic in partnership with Carnegie Mellon University under a NASA technology development contract. The idea was to create robotic access to the moon for companies, governments, universities, and non-profits at a fraction of the cost of conventional lunar exploration.