Spaceship-Mounted Mining Equipment

[vierasmarius]

Originally Posted by Tallor

What about scientific tools for drilling "carefully" into a planet to test for signs of ancient life?

I would include appropriate drills in the Science Array of vessels and probes that are intended to investigate asteroids or planets. This would provide things like the sample drills on the Mars rovers. If you want a really big drill for large-scale excavation then a specialized Mining module would fit better.