Drilling Automation Tests At A Lunar/Mars Analog Site

• Main Authors: Glass, B., Cannon, H., Paulsen, G., Lee, P., Hanagud, S.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2006
• Subjects: Lunar and Planetary Science and Exploration; Canada; Devon Island; permafrost
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2060/20060026170

Future in-situ lunar/martian resource utilization and characterization, as well as the scientific search for life on Mars, will require access to the subsurface and hence drilling. Drilling on Earth is hard - an art form more than an engineering discipline. The limited mass, energy and manpower in p...