Deep Joshi Phd ‘21 did some really impressive research alongside Professor Dr. Bill Eustes III and faculty in the Mining Department regarding drilling on the Moon and Mars, mostly funded by NASA’s Early Stage Innovation grant.
Drilling system fabricated by Deep Joshi and Dr. Bill Eustes to replicate drilling into analog and
cryogenic lunar soil simulant. Images to left, above and below.
Below is the Luna-27 lander designed by ESA and ROSCOSMOS to detect and characterize lunar volatiles will be launched in 2025. The lander contains a 1-m class ProSEED drill. We also
see in the next picture below is the Apollo Lunar Surface Drill (ALSD) used for Apollo 15, 16,
and 17 to drill on the Moon and acquire core samples.
To the left is a representation of the machines that are and will be used to drill on the moon.
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