# NASA's Desert RATS: Desert Research & Technology Studies

The Black Point Lava Flow in northern Arizona offers a research haven for NASA's Desert Research and Technology Studies (RATS) team of scientists and engineers, because this rough, dusty terrain, with its extreme temperatures that swing from hot to cold, resembles other places in the solar system. On this bleak landscape, NASA crews can test robotic systems and extravehicular equipment; adjust and improve their designs; and create effective procedures for solar-system exploration. NASA scientist Jacob Bleacher visited the Library of Congress to discuss "NASA's Desert RATS".

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2012
- By: Library Of Congress
- Genres: Science, Space
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/2021688805/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/loc/2021688805?play=1)