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This book includes the latest advances that have been made in recent years in developing drilling and excavation mechanisms for extraterrestrial bodies. The chapters cover drill types, drilling techniques and their advantages and associated issues.
List of contents
Chapter 1 Extraterrestrial Drilling and Excavation........................................................................1
Kris Zacny, et al.
Chapter 2 Novel Methods for Deep Ice Access on Planetary Bodies........................................215
William Stone, Vickie Siegel, Bart Hogan, Kristof Richmond, Corey Hackley, John Harman, Chris Flesher, Alberto Lopez, Scott Lelievre, Krista Myers, and Nathan Wright
Chapter 3 Scientific Rationale for Planetary Drilling................................................................247
H. M. Sapers, L. W. Beegle, C. M. Caudill, E. Cloutis, J. Dickson, and P. Hill
Chapter 4 Biological Contamination Control and Planetary Protection
Measures as Applied to Sample Acquisition.............................................................313
James N. Benardini, Moogega Stricker, and Kasthuri J. Venkateswaran
About the author
Dr. Yoseph Bar-Cohen is the Supervisor of the Electroactive Technologies Group (http://ndeaa.jpl.nasa.gov/) and a Senior Research Scientist at the Jet Propulsion Lab/Caltech, Pasadena, CA. In 1979, he received his Ph.D. in Physics from the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel. His research is focused on electro-mechanics including planetary sample handling mechanisms, novel actuators that are driven by such materials as piezoelectric and EAP (also known as artificial muscles) and biomimetics.
Dr. Kris Zacny is a Senior Research Scientist, Vice President and Director of Exploration Technology Group at Honeybee Robotics. His expertise includes terrestrial and extraterrestrial robotic drilling, excavation, sample handling and processing, geotechnical systems, and sensors. Dr. Zacny received his PhD (UC Berkeley, 2005) in Geotechnical Engineering with an emphasis on Mars drilling, ME (UC Berkeley, 2001) in Petroleum Engineering with emphasis on Drilling and Materials Science, and BSc cum laude (U. Cape Town, 1997) in Mechanical Engineering.
Summary
This book includes the latest advances that have been made in recent years in developing drilling and excavation mechanisms for extraterrestrial bodies. The chapters cover drill types, drilling techniques and their advantages and associated issues.
