RASSOR (Regolith Advanced Surface Systems Operations Robot), NASA Mining Robot for Moon, Mars, NASA, Washington, D.C., USA

NASA is developing the RASSOR mining robot to collect soil, or regolith, on the moon or Mars so it can be processed into rocket fuel, breathable air and other commodities. By using materials available at other locations in the solar system, astronauts don't have to carry it all from Earth.

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One day RASSOR will dig up resources on asteroids, the moon, or on Mars.

Learn more:

"Robots Will Pave the Way to Mars"
Technologies that exploit space resources will finally open up the solar system to human exploration

by Rachel Courtland
May 27, 2014

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