drilling
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Curiosity Is All Set To Drill Into Mars
NASA’s Curiosity rover is about to tap the rocky veins of Mars, which might yield clues to the Red Planet’s watery past.
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How Car Crash Modelling Technology Could Predict Drilling Disasters
It’s the billion-dollar question for offshore drilling giants: Could the Deepwater Horizon disaster have been prevented? Researchers at MIT’s Impact and Crashworthiness Laboratory may have found at least a partial answer — the same kind of computer modelling that predicts whether car components can hold their own in a crash could also forecast whether pipes…