Astrobiology acupuncture: Collecting data from non-planar surfaces
Thursday, November 27, 2014 - 08:00
in Astronomy & Space
A team of researchers supported in part by the NASA Astrobiology Program has turned to acupuncture in order to study samples from rough and uneven surfaces, such as rocks and meteorites. Using the technique, scientists at the Center for Chemical Evolution (CCE) at Georgia Tech have developed a robotic system that can collect samples from these non-planar surfaces.