It’s had a tough journey, but it’s still trucking

    • @[email protected]
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      51 month ago

      The metal is as thin as possible to carry a heavy rover. Then it’s just a matter of driving over rocks for 12 years now!

      • @[email protected]
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        41 month ago

        Wonder if it’s something they will consider changing in the designs of future rovers.

        Maybe one small change would increase the weight a fraction, but allow for 5-10 more years of service.

        • @paulhammond5155OP
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          21 month ago

          Wonder if it’s something they will consider changing in the designs of future rovers. They already changed the design for the Perseverance rover, it has more grousers and a different pattern for those grousers. those redesigned wheels have been on Mars for 1279 sols (so far) and have zero damage.

          Here’s a short video clip that goes over the changes https://youtu.be/ov_TXfWBf-4?t=68