Drilling holes in Mars.

Drilling holes in Mars.

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This paper describes an electric drill that will make the first holes in rocks on Mars. Attached to a robotic arm on the mission's roving vehicle, the Rover Rock Abrasion Tool will bore holes 45 mm in diameter and 5 mm deep in Mars rocks. To make each indentation, Honeybee has been allotted onl...

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Argitaratua izan da:IEEE spectrum 39, 4(duplicate) (2002).
Egile nagusia: Zorpette, G.
Formatua: Artikulua
Hizkuntza:English
Gaiak:
0.7 kg.
32.5 Wh.
45 mm.
5 mm.
Honeybee robotic electric drill.
Mars.
Rover Rock Abrasion Tool.
Diamond bit.
Robotic arm.
Roving vehicles.