PROJECTS

LAVA TUBES ROVER

Objective: To develop a remotely controlled robotic rover capable of exploring up to a distance of a few miles on rugged lava flow terrain and inside lava tube systems.  Malpais National Monument in western New Mexico is the proposed test site.

"Lava Tubes and Their Potential as Base Sites for Human Exploration of Mars"

by Stacy Clifford

 

 

 

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