Mars Phoenix Mission: Meet the Arm

Meet Honeybee Robotics, NYC based collaborators on the Mars Phoenix Mission.

Honeybee's Project Engineer, Dustin Roberts, talks to MOJO HD's The Circuit about their design and testing of the Icy Soil Acquisition Device (ISAD) attached to the Phoenix Lander arm manufactured by Alliance Spacesystems, LLC.

Dustin also discusses Honeybee's previous work on the Mars Rovers.

For more information on the creation of the Phoenix Lander's arm be sure to check out www.alliancespacesystems.com

Category:

Science & Technology

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• phoenix
• mission
• mars
• alien
• life
• robot
• arm
• space
• circuit
• mojo
• honeybee
• robotics
• nasa
• search
• rover
• tech
• poles
• ice

[MeowMix140]

I'm gona say. life may be able to form without carbon or oxygen or all that stuff.

[mbarkhau]

OMG they exist, beautiful geek girl.

*sigh*

[MeowMix140]

@TheCottonTop It's possible, but improbable, and I like to believe that most everything is possible.

[NelielTuOderswank]

@TheCottonTop Not in this solar system? The bacteria GFAJ-1 replaces Phosphorous with Arsenic. Considering the fact that Arsenic is lethal to all known life, even extremophiles , it wouldn't be much of a jump to replace water as a solvent or oxygen as oxide.

[TheCottonTop]

@MeowMix140 Not in this solar system.

[TheCottonTop]

@mbarkhau Yeah her voice is so sexy and with a name like Dustin how can you not think she is hot. You know, if you are into dudes and all.

[TheCottonTop]

A girl named Dustin and a guy dressed like a fag. Okay I cannot watch this.

[dantheman1507]

that guy's hair-cut game is fucked up

[you2tube22]

MSL 2009?!?! =(

[Zeethr]

you would fail

ROFL

haha, try guys...you would have more success...

bwahahahahahahaha!!!!111

[xcolonel]

i want to fuck tha girl