SMARS Tested in NASA Glenn’s Simulated Lunar Operations Lab

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Jan 09, 2018

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Researchers Othmane Benefan and Timothy Halsmer

Researchers Othmane Benefan and Timothy Halsmer test Shape Memory Alloy Rock Splitters (SMARS) in Glenn’s Simulated Lunar Operations lab.

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SMARS Tested in NASA Glenn’s Simulated Lunar Operations Lab

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