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Rock cuttings being blown out of the hole by sublimed water-ice.
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Methods for cuttings removal from holes drilled on Mars
1Kris A. Zacny and 2George A. Cooper
1Honeybee Robotics, New York, NY, 10001, USA
2Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720
Mars 3, 42-56, 2007 | doi:10.1555/mars.2007.0004
Received April 30, 2007 | Accepted September 1, 2007 | Published December 3, 2007
Rock excavation process consists of breaking the rock and extraction of cuttings from the hole. On Mars, deep drilling will be restricted by a method of cuttings removal and not rock strength.
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