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New Toy for analayising Asteroids

_Tombstone_ · 2016-04-07 00:10:42

This little fella may one day be scooping up dust on an asteroid. It's hitching a ride on this next month for abit of Zero G testing. http://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2016/04/Asteroid_cleaner

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07-04-2016 1:10am

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This little fella may one day be scooping up dust on an asteroid.

Engineers are thinking of ways to collect and analyse the surface dust on far-away worlds. This is particularly tricky in low gravity, because a simple drill or scoop would just push the lander away from the surface.

This prototype model uses three rotating brushes that also circle in the horizontal plane to scoop dust into a container for analysis. It is designed to collect at least 100 g within 20 seconds.

It's hitching a ride on this next month

for abit of Zero G testing.

http://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2016/04/Asteroid_cleaner

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