NASA to shoot spectrometer ‘bullet’ into moon, Mars surfaces to study composition
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NASA proposes shooting sensor-equipped bullets into lunar and Martian surfaces to analyze composition. The micro-spectrometer bullets would penetrate soil, transmit data back, and allow study of inaccessible areas like permanently shadowed craters, potentially aiding resource identification for future exploration.
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