nanorover

nanorover
 n.β€” Β«Would the rover descend into the crater or just peer over the edge? Would it launch a much smaller tethered roverβ€”a “nanorover” in the current Esa phraseologyβ€”or fire harpoons down into the dark ice?Β» β€”β€œEurope’s lunar vision blossoms” by Richard Black in Vienna BBC News Apr. 10, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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