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Aug 25 2005, 11:22 AM
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4180840.stm
Europe has fixed on a concept for its next mission to land on the Red Planet. It aims to send a single robot rover to the Martian surface along with another, stationary, science package. |
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Aug 25 2005, 03:13 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 153 Joined: 11-December 04 Member No.: 120 |
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QUOTE a mass of 120kg for the rover and 8-14kg for the science payload That's a lot of balsa wood! But I wonder how much drilling you can get out of that? A MER rover is 185 kg. and is totally geology dedicated. Is it possible to build a life detection system in 8-14 kg. ???? |
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Aug 25 2005, 03:20 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1636 Joined: 9-May 05 From: Lima, Peru Member No.: 385 |
QUOTE (Cugel @ Aug 25 2005, 10:13 AM) From the article: That's a lot of balsa wood! But I wonder how much drilling you can get out of that? A MER rover is 185 kg. and is totally geology dedicated. Is it possible to build a life detection system in 8-14 kg. ???? Besides, the rover has only 4 wheels instead of 6 wheels. I am affraid that it will need purified sands on all parts... Rodolfo |
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