Drilling holes in Mars.

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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Pubblicato in:IEEE spectrum 39, 4(duplicate) (2002).
Autore principale: Zorpette, G.
Natura: Articolo
Lingua:English
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