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The Slider is made out of steel so that the bot will be grounded. The twin drills will mine through the lunar regolith and frozen water. The water goes through tiny holes in the drill that go to the water/ice storage connected to the drill. The scoops are positioned so that the regolith is pushed to the side by the drills and transferred to the regolith storage in the middle of the slider. In the middle of The Slider there are two weights to hold it down so that it doesn't float. The reason It is named The Slider is because it will slide through the regolith not kicking the regolith up. The way to remove the regolith is by running a magnet over The Slider and the regolith will stick to the magnet since the lunar regolith is magnetic. It will move by hydraulics pushing The Slider forward.