ROVER WHEELS: Monitoring changes over time, NOTE: Read back through the thread to avoid repeating misconceptions Options

[DeanM]

[MOD NOTE: This thread follows on a post by Ed Truthan containing a MAHLI mosaic of MSL wheels taken on sol 275.]

Ed: zooming in on that marvellous underbelly MAHLI montage, there appears to be further (and previously noted) deformation of the wheel surfaces.

Damage is most evident in the view of the front-left wheel inner surface.

Such wear has previously been discussed and concerns allayed.

Nevertheless, the front left wheel surface *appears* to have been punctured.



We've only done 700 meters, and have 7000 more to get to Mt Sharp.....

Given that more odometry has now accumulated, is any (re-)new(ed) concern valid?

DeanM

[elakdawalla]

Oof. Well spotted. I won't have time to look back in time for a bit, but if people want to hunt for where/when this happened, there have been full wheel surveys on 1046, 1127, 1179, 1260/9, 1315, 1434, and 1471. There have also been partial (one position only) surveys on 1182, 1214, 1245, 1287, 1313, 1355, 1380, 1403, 1416, 1435, 1444, 1459, and 1482.