Bioinspired drill for planetary sampling: Literature survey, conceptual design, and feasibility study

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 703-709

  Gao, Yang ^a   Ellery, Alex ^a   Sweeting, Martin N ^a   Vincent, Julian ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^c Centre for Biomimetic and Natural Technologies   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTROBIOLOGY; BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; DRILLING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

AXIAL FORCE; DRILLING RATES; PLANETARY DRILLING; PLANETARY SAMPLING;

PLANETARY SURFACE ANALYSIS;

EID: 34547287232     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: 15336794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.23025     Document Type: Article

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