Marsokhod, Some Russian work on Mars rovers Options

[Guest_DonPMitchell_*]

You may have seen these before, but here are a few Marsokhod rover designed developed and tested by TransMASH. First is a concept developed for a Mars-94 mission. Note the radioisotope thermopile generator on the back.

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They also experimented with walking rovers, and with hybrid concepts that included wheels on articulated axles:

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In 1999, TransMASH worked with NASA on a Mars rover, a blend of Marsokhod and some American concepts clearly. Looks similar to the ExoMars rover, I think.

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[Guest_BruceMoomaw_*]

"Pele" -- one of the proposals for the first Discovery AO, proposed by G. Jeffrey Taylor of the U. of Hawaii -- would have landed a Marsokhod on the Moon to check out the relatively recent volcanic terrain at Aristarchus.