Identification of the forces between regolith and a reciprocating drill-head : perspectives for the exploration of Martian regolith

Thibault Gouache Surrey Space Centre, University of Surrey, United-K ingdom, t.gouache@surrey.ac.uk ISAE, Institut Clément Ader, Université de Toulouse , France, thibault.gouache@isae.fr Yang Gao Surrey Space Centre, University of Surrey, United-K ingdom, yang.gao@surrey.ac.uk Tom Frame Surrey Space Centre, University of Surrey, United-K ingdom, t.e.frame@surrey.ac.uk Pierre Coste ESTEC/European Space Agency (ESA), The Netherlands, pierre.coste@esa.int Yves Gourinat ISAE, Institut Clément Ader, Université de Toulouse , France, yves.gourinat@isae.fr

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