Mars rovers could use a Hansel and Gretel-inspired trick to explore caves on the red planet: study

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Engineers at the University of Arizona have developed a system they say could allow autonomous vehicles to scout out habitats for astronauts in caves and other underground features by leaving a trail of 'breadcrumbs.'

While cities on Earth are locked in a perpetual struggle to solve housing shortages, the market on Mars is already heating up.

These independent rovers would be deployed by a larger "mother" rover and travel over, and under, the Martian surface on their own, continuously monitoring their environment and maintaining awareness of where they are in space. They would also keep in touch with each other via a wireless data connection.

"In our scenario, the 'breadcrumbs' are miniaturized sensors that piggyback on the rovers, which deploy the sensors as they traverse a cave or other subsurface environment," Fink said. by providing the technology needed to safely traverse environments on comets, asteroids, moons and planetary bodies. NASA's Grand Challenges are an open call issued for innovative solutions that solve critical space-related problems, like the need for mobility systems that allow humans and robots to explore on, over or under any destination surface.

 

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Great story NASA

Must be slow news lol 😂

How about NASA lose funding and put that much needed money into poverty reduction? No one is ever going to live off of this planet people! 🪶😡🇨🇦🇺🇸💙

Send Greta & Leonardo!

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