Going to have a robot dig

The time when humans can send robots to Mars to dig, scouring for traces of life and rare minerals is not too far away, scientists said.

Currently, NASA's Curiosity probe has begun to move and survey the surface of Mars, searching for potential evidence of a life on the red planet. This is considered to be the most ambitious mission that Curiosity can handle, as well as human being able to do it at this time.

The use of robots deep into the ground of Mars
and scouring is no longer a fantasy story?

However, Discovery News claims, the "mysterious light" (skylight) that astronomers have just discovered is the broken hole leading to the crater or cave located beneath the surface of Mars. This discovery paves the way for the scientific community to think about 'getting down' and watching what deep secrets are hidden in the heart of the Red Planet.

Naturally, lying deep underground will help Martian soil and rock samples have more protection and 'original' nature. The surface of Mars is often heated by solar radiation, and is continuously damaged by meteor, meteorite, not to mention the excessive temperature change between day and night. But underground caves are not so much tortured, so the samples collected there will help scientists better understand the history of Mars, compared to soil samples. / dust collected on the surface.

'It will be the best specimens , ' said Carnegie Mellon University's William 'Red' Whittaker, a robot scientist with Discovery News. Robots will be able to follow cracks to deepen underground and explore Mars' abdomen ", according to Whittaker, not completely fiction. Currently, Whittaker's Astrobotic Technology Company has received a $ 500,000 investment from NASA to develop a robot model that is responsible for this task.

Skylight holes are not only present on Mars but also exist on the Moon. Whittaker predicts Astrobotic will be able to test 'digging' robots over the next 3 years. Of course, the time it takes for robots to land on Mars will have to be longer, and during that time we can only count on the hard work of Curiosity.