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- From: baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke)
- Subject: Re: Mars Simulation in Antarctica
- Message-ID: <1992Nov11.202516.28429@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov>
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- Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 04:21:46 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov10.224620.15116@news.arc.nasa.gov>, baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke) writes...
- >"Dante" to Descend into Volcanic "Inferno"
- >
- > Later this season, NASA plans to send an eight-legged robot into the
- >crater of Antarctica's Mount Erebus, the world's only easily-reached volcano
- >with a permanent lava lake. The rover, appropriately dubbed "Dante," will
- >photograph the crater, measure the temperature of the lava lake and sample
- >the gases it releases.
- >
- > The Erebus project will test technology for future robotic explorers
- >that could cross the rugged Martian landscape. It also will collect science
- >data to help understand Earth's environment, since some scientists think that
- >gases from volcanic eruptions may play a role in depleting Earth's ozone layer.
- >
- > Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, built Dante under a $2 million
- >NASA grant.
- >
- >[NOTE: This rover test has been postponed to next year. Last week, Dante
- > damaged four its legs during a test run and has been sent back to
- > Carnegie Mellon for repairs. Ron Baalke ]
- >
-
- I've just been informed by someone associated with the Erebus project that
- the repair work on Dante will only cause a 4 week delay. So the rover
- will be sent into Mount Erebus later this year.
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