Deep Drilling Teleoperation Ffom Mars Orbit
Abstract
Access to Martian volatiles, hydrosphere, and signs of past and extant life will probably require deeper drilling in the 100m-2km range. With a human crew in the vicinity of Mars, real-time teleoperation of a deep Martian drill rig becomes possible.
- Publication:
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Concepts and Approaches for Mars Exploration
- Pub Date:
- June 2012
- Bibcode:
- 2012LPICo1679.4185G