NASA Backs Wild Plan for a Laser-Powered Drone to Explore Giant Caves Below the Moon’s Surface

NASA has backed an ambitious plan to explore the moon's giant subsurface caves using laser-powered drones. Per io9, the space agency awarded one hundred seventy-five thousand dollars for preliminary research as part of a three point two million dollar investment in innovative advanced concepts this summer.

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