NEW ROBOT PICTURES: Best Moon-Digging Rovers Named
Wednesday, October 21, 2009 - 10:49
in Astronomy & Space
In a battle for the lightest yet strongest, robotic competitors in the 2009 Regolith Excavation Challenge hauled hundreds of pounds of simulated moon soil. Winning designs may actually end up on the moon if NASA builds a lunar outpost.
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