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Drilling in Extreme Environments: Penetration and Sampling on Earth and other Planets

By Yoseph Bar-Cohen , Kris Zacny

Book information

Year
2009
ISBN
3527408525, 9783527408528
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
18 MB (19188120 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
827\825
Topic
Geology
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Uniquely comprehensive and up to date, this book covers terrestrial as well as extraterrestrial drilling and excavation, combining the technology of drilling with the state of the art in robotics. The authors come from industry and top ranking public and corporate research institutions and provide here real-life examples, problems, solutions and case studies, backed by color photographs throughout.The result is a must-have for oil companies and all scientists involved in planetary research with robotic probes.With a foreword by Harrison "Jack" Schmitt -- the first geologist to drill on the moon.

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