Solander Point, Sol 3387 - 3511 (August 4, 2013 - December 12, 2013) |
Solander Point, Sol 3387 - 3511 (August 4, 2013 - December 12, 2013) |
Aug 4 2013, 08:39 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 3431 Joined: 11-August 04 From: USA Member No.: 98 |
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Sep 10 2013, 01:00 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3419 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Minneapolis, MN, USA Member No.: 15 |
I'll tell you one thing -- I doubt that you could have driven the MERs or MSL at, say, the Viking 2 landing site. Way too many blocks to work around at that location, at least for anything larger than a smallish toaster.
It just goes to show that, for rovers of MER and even MSL size, there is a lot of the Martian surface that is not easily trafficable. -the other Doug -------------------- “The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.” -Mark Twain
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Sep 10 2013, 02:47 PM
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Member Group: Admin Posts: 976 Joined: 29-September 06 From: Pasadena, CA - USA Member No.: 1200 |
I'll tell you one thing -- I doubt that you could have driven the MERs or MSL at, say, the Viking 2 landing site. Way too many blocks to work around at that location, at least for anything larger than a smallish toaster. Is this a challenge? ;-) QUOTE It just goes to show that, for rovers of MER and even MSL size, there is a lot of the Martian surface that is not easily trafficable. -the other Doug That is true, but MER/MSL are quite capable rovers in terms of wheeled vehicles. The max traversable slope is slightly higher than that of a HMMWV, for example, end the size of a traversable obstacle is much better than a typical Earth vehicle. We have driven our testbeds on Earth in *very* difficult terrain but for obvious reasons we don't do that on Mars unless we have to. Paolo -------------------- Disclaimer: all opinions, ideas and information included here are my own,and should not be intended to represent opinion or policy of my employer.
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