NASA eclips 021309

Short film · 6 min

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Synopsis

Find out why engineers are testing NASA's autonomous rover called Scarab. Scarab is equipped with drills for taking lunar soil samples and special wheels designed by Michelin to optimize ground contact pressure.

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Running time

6 minutes

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NASA

Subjects on the Internet Archive

• Scarab
• regolith
• Michelin
• tires
• ground contact pressure
• resources
• moon
• LCROSS

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