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Author:   Yoseph Bar-Cohen ,  Kris Zacny
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   CRC Press
Weight:   0.689kg
ISBN:  

9780367674892

ISBN 10:   0367674890
Pages:   352
Publication Date:   10 October 2022
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Chapter 1 Extraterrestrial Drilling and Excavation........................................................................1 Kris Zacny, et al. Chapter 2 Novel Methods for Deep Ice Access on Planetary Bodies........................................215 William Stone, Vickie Siegel, Bart Hogan, Kristof Richmond, Corey Hackley, John Harman, Chris Flesher, Alberto Lopez, Scott Lelievre, Krista Myers, and Nathan Wright Chapter 3 Scientific Rationale for Planetary Drilling................................................................247 H. M. Sapers, L. W. Beegle, C. M. Caudill, E. Cloutis, J. Dickson, and P. Hill Chapter 4 Biological Contamination Control and Planetary Protection Measures as Applied to Sample Acquisition.............................................................313 James N. Benardini, Moogega Stricker, and Kasthuri J. Venkateswaran

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Dr. Yoseph Bar-Cohen is the Supervisor of the Electroactive Technologies Group (http://ndeaa.jpl.nasa.gov/) and a Senior Research Scientist at the Jet Propulsion Lab/Caltech, Pasadena, CA. In 1979, he received his Ph.D. in Physics from the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel. His research is focused on electro-mechanics including planetary sample handling mechanisms, novel actuators that are driven by such materials as piezoelectric and EAP (also known as artificial muscles) and biomimetics. Dr. Kris Zacny is a Senior Research Scientist, Vice President and Director of Exploration Technology Group at Honeybee Robotics. His expertise includes terrestrial and extraterrestrial robotic drilling, excavation, sample handling and processing, geotechnical systems, and sensors. Dr. Zacny received his PhD (UC Berkeley, 2005) in Geotechnical Engineering with an emphasis on Mars drilling, ME (UC Berkeley, 2001) in Petroleum Engineering with emphasis on Drilling and Materials Science, and BSc cum laude (U. Cape Town, 1997) in Mechanical Engineering.

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