Borehole science platform

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Apr 2003

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2003eaeja....13718g&link_type=abstract

EGS - AGU - EUG Joint Assembly, Abstracts from the meeting held in Nice, France, 6 - 11 April 2003, abstract #13718

Computer Science

Robotics

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For planetary exploration missions, payload mass power and volume are critical. It is believed that designing an integrated instrument platform for subsurface science exploration will lower risk and allow maximum science return. Over the past eight years, Honeybee Robotics has developed numerous subsurface access and sampling technologies for NASA. Honeybee has recently been developing innovative 1m &10m drilling and sampling systems that allow the transmission of power and data down the borehole. This capability makes the drill string itself a potential platform for science instruments. The compact sample acquisition system is imbedded in the drill stem and thus allows a large volume for integrated instruments for borehole observations. Collaboration has begun to develop a baseline integrated downhole instrument suite. Near-term plans for an instrumented subsurface sampling system will be presented; including a temperature sensor, microscopic imager, and water sensor. Concepts for other borehole science-compatible instruments (such as infrared and neutron spectrometers) as well as long-term implications for autonomous science exploration will also be presented.

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