prospector-rovers

Autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicles used for exploration, data collection, and locating mineral deposits.

1 chapter across 1 book

Red Mars (1992)Kim Stanley Robinson

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The chapter describes a mobile mining operation conducted by Arab prospectors on Mars, who are innovating new extraction methods to harvest diffuse sulfide deposits along the Great Escarpment. Frank, a character introduced here, takes initiative by using a prospector rover to conduct solo expeditions, gathering geological and atmospheric data while exploring the Martian terrain.