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jleopold  ·  3186 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: I wanted to share a small Mars Drill that I made a few years ago

So, is there a future for your drill? Will it or offspring designs be used on any missions, or has it reached the end of the line? Either way, this is one of the coolest things I've seen on this site.





Larso  ·  3185 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Good question, I would guess not. The AXEL rover project was ended shortly afterwards (Their technical lead left to SpaceX). I hope that someday a derivative of that is used on Mars, because accessing the sides of cliffs is very important to understand the geological timelines.

As far as the drill goes, I don't think anyone will look at it as inspiration for future projects. It was made as a cheap demonstration project. I'm sure there will be drills like it, but I don't think they will be derived from this.