More than 100 Cal Poly students are working toward a goal: sending a student-built rover to Mars by 2030. The club, known as Poly1rover, brings together students from all majors and class years to design, build, and test a functional Mars rover. Members work in specialized teams focused on areas like software design, electrical systems, […]
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Meet the makers of STYX and STONES, a Cal Poly robot
A group of eight Cal Poly mechanical engineering seniors are advancing to the semifinals for a NASA competition that asks students to create technology for the future of space exploration. NASA’s Moon to Mars Ice and Prospecting Challenge is asking students to create a system that is capable of being placed on Mars to extract […]
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Meet the students helping NASA collect water on the Moon and Mars
Their mission? To build a robot that can drill through rocks and sand, and extract clean water from the ice beneath it while simultaneously taking measurements.
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Mustang World News: Campaign trails heating up, rising tensions with Russia
Mustang World News anchor Daniel Loveless has the global headlines you need to know this week.
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Zero to 140,000: The future is quickly approaching
Would you go to Mars if the chance presented itself? Technology buff David Dynes would — and at Mach speeds.