wired.com— At some point on their five-year journey, Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity have both gotten their feet stuck in the soil, and NASA is taking notes for the design of the next generation of rovers.
May 18, 2009View in Crawl 4
They are adding a lot of redundancy in. They already have 6 wheels, these things have as many arms.I think the main thing would be to ensure the damaged bits can be detached and left behind. The current problem with the broken wheels are that they are being dragged behind and slowing down the rover.
davidg11May 20, 2009
Why not use a "hybrid" hovercraft if they're worried about moving around or getting stuck on sand?
ikorkyiMay 20, 2009
put it on one page and i'll consider finishing the article
culytMay 20, 2009
They are adding a lot of redundancy in. They already have 6 wheels, these things have as many arms.I think the main thing would be to ensure the damaged bits can be detached and left behind. The current problem with the broken wheels are that they are being dragged behind and slowing down the rover.
lintmonkeyMay 20, 2009
Your loss.
bobdigiMay 20, 2009
Yea, NASA's rocket scientists/engineers probably know about that.
valkyriesMay 20, 2009
LEMUR, sounds and looks like Dr. Kleiner's head crab
freeavi2May 21, 2009
what