Deeper?

[jay]

Yesterday's meeting was a science team, brought together to debate goals and configurations for a robotic mission to Phobos... I was there to discuss whether subsurface access was feasible for a modest mission, ranging from rock abrasion tools to multi-segmented drills. Anchoring is an issue... it is more like docking with the small planetoid rather than a proper landing. I argued that a cold-gas hovercraft is the best way to approach and stay close to outcrops and boulders, as wheels hitting bumps would send a craft up into space.

My dinner companion was the study co-I, Alan Hildebrand, of Chicxulub fame... yami_mcmoots will probably appreciate this ;-).

I'm over my personal angst... I think that I just don't do shallow or first interactions well. But deeper... yes.

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[tenacious-snail.livejournal.com]

*hugs*

glad to hear you're over it.

You're a *drilling* expert. Of course you do deeper well.

[yami-mcmoots.livejournal.com]

Heh. I've never met Alan (unless I'm making some sort egregious memory gaffe and actually have), but I've heard Walter's Chicxulub stories quite a few times...