Drilling systems for extraterrestrial subsurface exploration

K Zacny, Y Bar-Cohen, M Brennan, G Briggs… - Astrobiology, 2008 - liebertpub.com
… This paper focuses on drilling methods that are applicable to extraterrestrial bodies. It
covers the basic principles behind drilling excavation processes and offers examples of …

Advances in extraterrestrial drilling technology to discover the secrets hidden inside celestial bodies

Y Zhang, T Zhang, H Wei, J Liu, W Wang, X Yuan… - Space Science …, 2022 - Springer
… of extraterrestrial drilling technologies. Firstly, the particularities of extraterrestrial drilling are
… Next, the general characteristics of extraterrestrial drilling are summarized, including the …

[图书][B] Advances in Terrestrial and Extraterrestrial Drilling:: Ground, Ice, and Underwater

Y Bar-Cohen, K Zacny - 2021 - books.google.com
drilling and excavation on Earth and other planets. It will cover the categories of drills, the
history of drilling and excavation, various drilling … as unconsolidated soil drilling and borehole …

Advances in Drill-Based Sampling Technology for Extraterrestrial Bodies

Y Wang, J Wang, G Zhang, M Gao, X Zhang… - Space Science …, 2024 - Springer
… into the progress made in drill-based sampling devices for extraterrestrial bodies. It begins
by … The research then reviews drill-based sampling devices used in previous extraterrestrial

Drilling and excavation for construction and in-situ resource utilization

K Zacny, Y Bar-Cohen - Mars: prospective energy and material resources, 2009 - Springer
… The focus of this chapter is on mining and excavation … heritage of excavation systems that
were used on extraterrestrial surfaces … deployed on the surfaces of other extraterrestrial bodies. …

Lunar drilling, excavation and mining in support of science, exploration, construction, and in situ resource utilization (ISRU)

K Zacny - Moon: Prospective Energy and Material Resources, 2012 - Springer
… Exploration of almost any extraterrestrial body follows a path from low complexity, low science
pay-off to high risk, high pay off. The Moon, being the closest extraterrestrial body, was the …

A review of sampling exploration and devices for extraterrestrial celestial bodies

X Zhang, G Zhang, H Xie, M Gao, Y Wen - Space Science Reviews, 2022 - Springer
… future exploration plans of extraterrestrial celestial bodies are … and geology of extraterrestrial
celestial bodies are further … methods into nine types: excavating, drilling, grinding, grabbing, …

A review of different aspects of off-earth drilling

D Knez, M Khalilidermani - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
… for conventional pneumatic drill rigs. Nevertheless, in case of the extraterrestrial drilling, …
and blast was also suggested by some researchers to excavate underground structures on …

Review of the issues related to extraterrestrial drilling

J Rostami, B Blair, A Eustes - Space 98, 1998 - ascelibrary.org
… In any drilling operation, the rock properties … of drilling operation. Therefore, it is suggested
that the first applications of extraterrestrial drilling should be to determine extraterrestrial rock …

Extraterrestrial drilling and excavation

K Zacny, Y Bar-Cohen, K Davis… - Drilling in Extreme …, 2009 - collaborate.princeton.edu
… Dive into the research topics of 'Extraterrestrial Drilling and Excavation'. Together they
form a unique fingerprint. … excavation Physics & Astronomy 100% drilling Physics & …