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20010022804 National Inst. of Standards and Technology, Office of Weights and Measures, Gaithersburg, MD USA
Uniform Laws and Regulations in the Areas of Legal Metrology and Engine Fuel Quality: As Adopted by the 85th National
Conference on Weights and Measures 2000
Coleman, Thomas, Editor, National Inst. of Standards and Technology, USA; Grimes, Terry L., Editor, National Inst. of Standards
and Technology, USA; November 2000; 242p; In English
Report No.(s): PB2001-102174; NIST/HB-130-2001; Copyright; Avail: National Technical Information Service (NTIS)
The Uniform Laws and Regulations in this handbook comprise all of those adopted by the National Conference on Weights
and Measures (NCWM). The purpose of these Uniform Laws and Regulations is to achieve, to the maximum extent possible, standardization
in weights and measures laws and regulations among the various States and local jurisdictions in order to facilitate
trade between States, permit fair competition among businesses, and provide uniform and sufficient protection to all consumers
in commercial weights and measures practices.
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Metrology; Procedures; Regulations; Standardization; Weight Measurement
20010023061 Northern Centre for Advanced Technology, Inc., Sudbury, Ontario Canada
The Adaptation of Terrestrial Mining Exploration Drilling Technology to Space
Boucher, D. S., Northern Centre for Advanced Technology, Inc., Canada; Concepts and Approaches for Mars Exploration; July
2000, Part 1, pp. 38-39; In English; See also 20010023036; No Copyright; Avail: CASI; A01, Hardcopy; A03, Microfiche
NORCAT has formed a coalition with a group of mining equipment manufacturers located in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, to
develop an autonomous mining exploration tool for the purpose of drilling and sample core retrieval. This group intends to develop
a unit that can be readily adapted to both terrestrial and extra-terrestrial applications. The approach is to develop a terrestrial unit
first, followed closely by a ”standard” unit for space based applications such as Asteroid prospecting, Mars and Lunar sample
returns, etc. This paper provides an update as to project progress and raises some specific issues related to further development
work.
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Drilling; Core Sampling; Mars Exploration; Mineral Exploration
20010023114 Honeybee Robotics Ltd., New York, NY USA
An Inchworm Deep Drilling System for Kilometer Scale Subsurface Exploration of Mars (IDDS)
Gorevan, S. P., Honeybee Robotics Ltd., USA; Hong, K. Y., Honeybee Robotics Ltd., USA; Myrick, T. M., Honeybee Robotics
Ltd., USA; Bartlett, P. W., Honeybee Robotics Ltd., USA; Singh, S., Honeybee Robotics Ltd., USA; Stroescu, S., Honeybee
Robotics Ltd., USA; Roopnarine, Honeybee Robotics Ltd., USA; Rafeek, S., Honeybee Robotics Ltd., USA; Concepts and
Approaches for Mars Exploration; July 2000, Part 1, pp. 129-130; In English; See also 20010023036; No Copyright; Avail: CASI;
A01, Hardcopy; A03, Microfiche
The Inchworm Deep Drilling System (IDDS) is a compact subsurface transport system capable of accessing regions deep
below the surface of Mars. The concept is being developed at Honeybee Robotics to enable future subsurface science missions
at depths on the order of one kilometer. The IDDS gets around the problems posed by tethers or umbilicals through the employment
of drilling techniques that require no more power than that offered by a radioisotopic thermoelectric generator (RTG). The IDDS
we propose requires no tether or umbilical of any kind. The tether free, self-powered and self-propelling device will be capable
of burrowing to a specified depth and retrieving samples or of transporting instruments along with it for in-situ analysis. The IDDS
also would be well suited for reaching greater depths on Mars or for subsurface exploration of Europa. The device’s unique, inchworm-burrowing
method appears capable of achieving the near-term depth requirement of one kilometer. In addition, it is foreseeable
that the IDDS will be capable of autonomously drilling through soil, ice and rock down to tens of kilometers below the surface.
Once deployed by a lander on the martian surface, the IDDS autonomously drills into the ground under it’s own power. The inchworm
motion of the device’s two segments both walks it forward and provides the thrust necessary for drilling. Feet on each segment
grip the walls of the hole. Flights along the body pass cuttings to the rear. Sampling and analysis take place once the proper
depth is achieved, and since the burrowing method is independent of gravity, the IDDS can then return to the surface.
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Mars Surface; Drilling; Drills; Core Sampling; Mars Exploration