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Inchworming Probe for Planetary Exploration

Posted by michael on from the worms-drill-in-the-worms-drill-out dept.

An anonymous reader writes: "Honeybee Robotics, a firm in New York's Little Italy, has designed a probe that can inchworm deep into the Martian crust or Europan ice shell without a cable to the surface for power or data. Totally autonomous. It's based on a system the company designed to weld steampipes below Manhattan. It's also just really cool."

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  1. Bad puns by smaughster · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I am sure that there are some bad puns regarding penetration devices out there. Now if I could *just* insert those martians in there somewhere....

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    I intend to live forever, so far so good.
  2. Uh-oh by micromoog · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    ...has designed a probe that can inchworm deep into the Martian crust...

    I can't imagine the new possibilities for http://goatse.cx. No, I won't imagine it.