MSL "scarecrow" mobility model |
MSL "scarecrow" mobility model |
Jun 20 2007, 04:17 PM
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Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 5172 Joined: 4-August 05 From: Pasadena, CA, USA, Earth Member No.: 454 |
I went to JPL yesterday to see them put the mobility model for MSL through its paces. It is HUGE!
Lots of pictures and video posted at http://www.planetary.org/blog/article/00001010/ I have the pictures (but not the video) at twice the resolution if anyone needs them for artistic purposes. --Emily -------------------- My website - My Patreon - @elakdawalla on Twitter - Please support unmannedspaceflight.com by donating here.
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Jun 21 2007, 01:10 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3419 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Minneapolis, MN, USA Member No.: 15 |
Well, think of it this way -- a MER is about the size of a golf cart. MSL will be about the size of a Jeep. No wonder they want to find a way to just gently drop the thing onto its wheels and not have to worry about a platform big enough for it to roll off of...
-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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Jun 21 2007, 01:57 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 154 Joined: 17-March 05 Member No.: 206 |
Well, think of it this way -- a MER is about the size of a golf cart. MSL will be about the size of a Jeep. No wonder they want to find a way to just gently drop the thing onto its wheels and not have to worry about a platform big enough for it to roll off of... -the other Doug So if they keep scaling up like that with each rover program, when do they start landing this on Mars |
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Jun 21 2007, 02:10 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 477 Joined: 2-March 05 Member No.: 180 |
And of course, after that scale up, the landing date would have to be on a SUNDAY!!!
Good pictures, thank you. That sure is a big critter. Send it to the Columbia Hills with a winch, in case any more of Sprit's wheels seize up. |
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