Everything is silent. The surface is cold and dusty and over the horizon Earth and beyond. <\/p>\n
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were able to feel what its actually like to traverse the moons surface, but a group of ISU students is now trying to do the next best thing send their new creation to the moon in their stead. <\/p>\n
The ISU Lunabotics Club, led by Garret Schieber, senior in mechanical engineering and president of the Lunabotics Club, is working on a completely automated machine that has the potential of opening a path to a trillion dollar industry via space mining and colonization. <\/p>\n
Schiebers team is one of 19 teams slated to compete at NASAs 2015 Robotic Mining Competition. <\/p>\n
The clubs results have been on the rise in recent years. <\/p>\n
Its been a great ride these last four years, Schieber said. Getting to watch the club grow from a group that had no awards to a group with many, on top of being one of the best in the competition. <\/p>\n
When the time comes for these robots to be deployed into space, they will ride the new state of the art Orion spacecraft. <\/p>\n
Once in space, they can be taken to the moon or even farther. <\/p>\n
On the moon, the robots can begin paving the way for mankind. <\/p>\n
Through the use of 3D printing, they will be able to start building shelters that will eventually be covered by lunar soil, which is called regolith. <\/p>\n
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