Super cool! Congrats
We demonstrated prototype of WINE (the World Is Not Enough) spacecraft in vacuum. WINE extracts water from asteroids and uses it for steam propulsion. Thanks @DrPhiltill for asteroid simulant, doing all simulations, and being an awesome PI and thanks to @NASA SBIR for funding it!pic.twitter.com/vrFB8WhEGt
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Way to go, guys!
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Thanks, Jonathan!
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How Ferengi of you :D ... But yeah very cool indeed :)
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Neat! How much water does it need to operate for a mission?
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It can keep walking and drilling until it gets enough -- it has legs. The exact amount depends on how much gravity and how far you want to hop. I will publish the modeling very soon. It's a reasonable amount in any case. It fits in a small tank on the microwave-oven sized craft.
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Congrats!!
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Great job Honeybee team!
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Congratulations Kris! Quite a big accomplishment.
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