@paulhammond5155 to NASA's Curiosity Mars RoverEnglish • 23 hours ago4312 - Wheel checkimagemessage-square14arrow-up1105arrow-down11file-text
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•16 hours agoOther than weight, why isn’t the wheel solid? Seems like a safer bet for a rover, and you don’t have passenger comfort to take into account.
minus-square@paulhammond5155OPlinkEnglish3•6 hours ago why isn’t the wheel solid? Weight is an issue The wheels were the rover shock absorbers during landing (by the sky-crane back in 2012) Yes, no passenger comfort, but there is an amount of sensitive electronics and instruments to protect.
minus-squareatoccilinkEnglish5•15 hours agoI have a hard time imagining it’s for any reason other than weight.
Other than weight, why isn’t the wheel solid? Seems like a safer bet for a rover, and you don’t have passenger comfort to take into account.
I have a hard time imagining it’s for any reason other than weight.