Mars Trac, the Open Source Construction Rover

This morning I made a visit to the post office, sending off twenty printed, signed copies of THE BIG RED BUCKLE to some really excellent engineers doing mankind’s work. “What?” I hear you mumble way over there. It’s pretty simple.

A diverse collection of students at Arizona State University is trying to create an open-source, highly adaptable construction utility that could be used for a variety of purposes here and abroad. And by “abroad” I mean Mars. Imagine a rig, similar to the prototype t...