MSL FAQ - The pool of questions |
MSL FAQ - The pool of questions |
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Founder ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Chairman Posts: 14433 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 ![]() |
Rob Manning and I swopped emails last night - and we think it might make sense to pool all the questions people have about MSL (and specifically MSL's EDL ) into one thread - and then answer as many as make sense either via a Q'n'A in the style of the previous ones I've done with Steve and Jim - or via Rob's typing fingers.
It'll be a few weeks till we sort this out - but submit-away until then ![]() Doug |
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![]() Director of Galilean Photography ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 896 Joined: 15-July 04 From: Austin, TX Member No.: 93 ![]() |
Rob,
How is MSL going to keep the sand out of its wheels? I noticed in the pictures from Emily that there wasn't much of a guard on the sides of the wheels to keep out sand and rocks. -------------------- Space Enthusiast Richard Hendricks
-- "The engineers, as usual, made a tremendous fuss. Again as usual, they did the job in half the time they had dismissed as being absolutely impossible." --Rescue Party, Arthur C Clarke Mother Nature is the final inspector of all quality. |
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Junior Member ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 89 Joined: 25-January 06 Member No.: 661 ![]() |
Rob, How is MSL going to keep the sand out of its wheels? I noticed in the pictures from Emily that there wasn't much of a guard on the sides of the wheels to keep out sand and rocks. Hi Hendric, I do not know the answer. My first take on the matter is that it looks like the wheel design is tolerant to rocks and sand entering the wheel cavity as MER was intended (but ultimately, it turned out not not to be). You will recall that MER had a bit of a challenge with potato-sized rocks getting stuck between the inner wall of the wheel and the axel. The spacing on MSL's design is much larger (should we worry about eggplant sized rocks?). But I will ask the mobility team's lead engineers Jaime and Chris. They may yet want to close out the gaps as was done with the fill material and kapton used on MER. There is still time. thanks! -Rob |
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