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regolith

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regolith [′reg·ə‚lith]
(geology)
The layer rock or blanket of unconsolidated rocky debris of any thickness that overlies bedrock and forms the surface of the land. Also known as mantle rock.
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Solar arrays are set up on the regolith that covers the MoonAEs surface.
The Wet Side of the Moon by Khaleej Times (Dubai, United Arab Emirates)
A team of people affiliated with Worcester Polytechnic Institute won the NASA 2009 Regolith Excavation Challenge, an engineering competition to build robots capable of excavating soil on the moon.
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students from Sudbury's Laurentian University will compete in NASA's 2009 Regolith Excavation Challenge at the NASA Ames Research Park in California.
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