Masten Space Systems https://refractor.io/tag/masten-space-systems/ Masten Space Systems en-AU Tue, 22 Jun 2021 00:56:07 GMT Rocket mining system blasts water from beneath the Moon's surface https://refractor.io/space/masten-designs-system-rocket-blasts-ice-lunar/ The mining rover with its cover removed to show its pressure dome and support systems

Masten Space Systems is developing a robotic rover called Rocket M that could one day mine water on the Moon using rocket blasts. An entrant in NASA's Break the Ice challenge, the rover uses rocket pulses to break up ice-bearing lunar soil or regolith and collect up to 220 pounds (100 kg) of ice particles per day.

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]]> Tue, 22 Jun 2021 00:56:07 GMT https://refractor.io/space/masten-designs-system-rocket-blasts-ice-lunar/ David Szondy