RE: Inchworm drill for Mars

[Robert Crawley]

Honeybee Robotics is already making one of their own subsurface bots, and already has a grant from NASA. It’s mostly for Mars, but its design is fairly compatible with Europa as well. They have done things for NASA in the past, and aren’t small fries. As for the electronics - http://renewable.org/beam/list.php Radio Shack should be adequate. It’s not that much precision metal work. The only thing that may be required for precision CNC will likely be the jetting on the drill bit, and mounting brackets for the PCB boards, motors, water heater, battery, and pump. Or we could all just move to New York and work for Honeybee Robotics.     Robert Crawley Elite Precision Fabricators, Inc. Programming (936) 449-6823   -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Gail Leatherwood Sent: Monday, November 11, 2002 2:42 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Inchworm drill for Mars   My first impression of the photos and drawings of the Inchworm was "Lots of precision metal work here, along with some pretty complicated electronics. Don't see how we can come up with that." Second impression was, well, Robert Crawley works for Precision Metal Fabricators, Inc., so maybe Inchworm isn't so unreachable. Then Joe's first comment was about "concepts," which is a lot different from precision metal work that someone else has done. Then the third thought was "Well, if Honey Beer is already building it, why not recruit them to participate in our project?" Could we hire them as partners/consultants if we had the $$? That's what I had in mind for a grant application. What do you think? Prospects for commercialization are the strongest supports for a grant, so can we go for it? Gail     -------Original Message-------   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Monday, November 11, 2002 10:25:46 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Inchworm drill for Mars   That's sort of what I had in mind. Robert Crawley Elite Precision Fabricators, Inc. Programming (936) 449-6823 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Joe Latrell Sent: Monday, November 11, 2002 9:14 AM To: Europa IcePIC mailing list Subject: Inchworm drill for Mars Greetings, Has anyone out there looked at this site yet: http://www.honeybeerobotics.com/sample.htm Looks like they have worked out some issues. Perhaps we can get a look at some of their research. Joe Latrell == You are subscribed to the Europa Icepick mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Project information and list (un)subscribe info: http://klx.com/europa/ == You are subscribed to the Europa Icepick mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Project information and list (un)subscribe info: http://klx.com/europa/ .