Drilling systems for extraterrestrial subsurface exploration

Astrobiology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 665-706

  Zacny, K ^a   Bar Cohen, Y ^b   Brennan, M ^c   Briggs, G ^d   Cooper, G ^e   Davis, K ^a   Dolgin, B ^c   Glaser, D ^a   Glass, B ^d   Gorevan, S ^a   Guerrero, J ^f   McKay, C ^d   Paulsen, G ^a   Stanley, S ^g   Stoker, C ^d  

^a HONEYBEE ROBOTICS   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c RAYTHEON COMPANY   (United States)

^d NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^g Alliance Spacesystems LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Coring; Drill bits; Drilling; Sampling; Subsurface exploration

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; CHEMISTRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; GOVERNMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; MICROCLIMATE; ROBOTICS; SOIL; SPACE FLIGHT; ULTRASOUND; UNITED STATES;

EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; LASERS; MARS; ROBOTICS; SOIL; SPACE FLIGHT; ULTRASONICS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 48849092413     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2007.0179     Document Type: Conference Paper

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