NASA recently concluded a successful six-week test of a prototype polar rover near the highest point in Greenland, where the robotic vehicle traversed icy terrain in temperatures of minus 30 Celsius to help scientists learn more about how ice sheets are faring in the changing climate -- without having to break for hot cocoa.
NASA's Trial Polar Rover Studies One of the Harshest Places on Earth
Singularity Hub - 12 Jul 2013 20:42
NASA recently concluded a successful six-week test of a prototype polar rover near the highest point in Greenland, where the robotic vehicle traversed icy terrain in temperatures of minus 30 Celsius to help scientists learn more about how ice sheets are faring in the changing climate -- without having to break for hot cocoa.
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