Rocket City Rednecks — Season 1, Episode 11: Hillbilly Moon Buggy

Episode synopsis

Travis and the guys compete in NASA's Great Moonbuggy Race - an international competition to create a human-powered lunar vehicle designed to fit aboard a space capsule. Engineering teams around the world spend years designing entries but the Rednecks build theirs in one weekend. After all, Daddy did work on the original Apollo space program so they should have a leg up.

About Rocket City Rednecks

Rocket City Rednecks is an American television show that focuses on engineering. The show is set in Huntsville, Alabama, and features Travis Taylor, three of his relatives, and his best friend. All five cast members are highly educated but, when not working on technical matters, play the part of stereotypical "rednecks" and use their advanced knowledge to solve "real world" problems. The show was first broadcast on Wednesday September 28, 2011, with Tim Evans as the supervising producer. It is broadcast on the National Geographic Channel, and will be shown in all regions of the United States.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1Bomb-Proof My Pick-Up
• E2Moonshine Rocket Fuel
• E3Junkyard Iron Man
• E420,000 Kegs Under the Sea
• E5Hillbilly Armageddon
• E6Rednecks on the Red Planet
• E7Close Encounters of the Redneck Kind
• E8Backwoods Spy Satellite
• E9Power My Party Boat
• E10Double-Barreled Rocket
• E12Rocket-Powered Bass Boat
• E13Tornado-Proof Outhouse