NASA Tests Lunar Rovers and Oxygen Production Technology
Thursday, November 13, 2008 - 15:28
in Astronomy & Space
NASA has concluded nearly two weeks of testing equipment and lunar rover concepts on Hawaii's volcanic soil. The agency's In Situ Resource Utilization Project, which studies ways astronauts can use resources found at landing sites, demonstrated how people might prospect for resources on the moon and make their own oxygen from lunar rocks and soil.