Compare and Contrast: Mars RAT and Antarctica ANDRILL
May 15th, 2007 by Ken Mankoff
I used to work for Honeybee Robotics. They design and build drills for Mars and other planets.
The RAT on the MER rovers drills 5mm deep and uses 11 watts of power. Think of 1/10th of a 110W light bulb (and then go change your light bulbs to CFLs).
The ANDRILL drill rig can go 1000m (1km) deep, and uses a 60KW diesel generator.
Mars and Antarctica are quite similar, except one is red and one is white and blue.
