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Utilizing regolith on the Moon or Mars, especially to refill propellant for rockets to get back off the surface, is a common theme in the more engineering-minded space exploration community. There have been plenty of proof-of-concept technologies that could move us toward that goal. One of the best supported was the Regolith Advanced Surface Systems … Continue reading “A Single Robot Could Provide a Mission To Mars With Enough Water and Oxygen”

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A robotic excavator called NASA’s Regolith Advanced Surface Systems Operations Robot (RASSOR) is intended to dig regolith in low-gravity environments like the Moon and Mars. It is a teleoperated, lightweight platform that can extract titanium, hydrogen, and oxygen—all important resources. By bypassing Earth’s deep gravitational well, RASSOR may be able to preserve mission bulk and even prolong a Mars journey.

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