RASSOR Mars mining robot demonstration. Integrated test of RASSOR , the Regolith Advanced Surface Systems Operations Robot. On the surface of Mars,

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RASSOR Mars mining robot demonstration. Integrated test of RASSOR , the Regolith Advanced Surface Systems Operations Robot. On the surface of Mars, mining robots like RASSOR will dig down into the regolith and take the material to a processing plant where usable elements such as hydrogen, oxygen and water can be extracted for life support systems. The materials may also be used in the process of producing rocket fuel. This is part of research on the MARCO POLO/Mars Pathfinder in-situ resource utilization (ISRU) system. Photographed on 29 September 2016, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA.

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