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NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California
Monday, March 01 2010
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A field-deployable, battery-operated tool enables rock sampling in the field.

A field-deployable, battery-powered Rapid Active Sampling Package (RASP), originally designed for sampling strong materials during lunar and planetary missions, shows strong utility for terrestrial geological use. The technology is proving to be simple and effective for sampling and processing materials of strength. Although this originally was intended for planetary and lunar applications, the RASP is very useful as a powered hand tool for geologists and the mining industry to quickly sample and process rocks in the field on Earth.

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