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

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NASA Developing Mining Robot for Moon, Mars

Published on May 19, 2013

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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NASA's Space-Digging RASSOR Robot

Published on May 27, 2014

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