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Rough Red Planet Rocks Rip Rover Curiosity Wheels
universetoday.com ^
| December 26, 2013
| Ken Kremer on
Posted on 12/26/2013 5:55:13 PM PST by BenLurkin
Dents and holes were anticipated, but the amount of wear appears to have accelerated in the past month or so, Erickson noted.
It appears to be correlated with driving over rougher terrain. The wheels can sustain significant damage without impairing the rovers ability to drive. However, we would like to understand the impact that this terrain type has on the wheels, to help with planning future drives.
The team is now inspecting the new imagery acquired of the wheels and will decide if a course alteration is in order.
Routes to future destinations for the mission may be charted to lessen the amount of travel over such rough terrain, compared to smoother ground nearby, says NASA.
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To: BenLurkin
Next thing you know a Martian will Key the paint.
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posted on
12/26/2013 6:18:00 PM PST
by
Kickass Conservative
(Nobody owes you a living, so shut up and get back to work...)
To: Oliviaforever
If they go to Les Schwab, they’ll get a free cut of beef.
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posted on
12/26/2013 6:24:38 PM PST
by
Noumenon
(Resistance. Restoration. Retribution.)
To: BenLurkin
All that damage in only 3 miles? At this rate they will be damaged beyond functionality before they get to 10 miles.
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posted on
12/26/2013 6:27:07 PM PST
by
Blood of Tyrants
(From time to time the.tree of liberty must be watered with the blood of tyrants and patriots.)
To: BenLurkin
Bleeping idiots didn’t renew their AAA membership. What do they expect?
To: fso301
Too much durability was sacrificed over weight.
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posted on
12/26/2013 6:35:26 PM PST
by
Blood of Tyrants
(From time to time the.tree of liberty must be watered with the blood of tyrants and patriots.)
To: BenLurkin
They lasted a lot longer than anyone thought they would
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posted on
12/26/2013 6:38:22 PM PST
by
GeronL
(Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
To: BenLurkin
Rumors abound that there are things near or on that mountain that are not exactly “natural”, ya know?
Of course now they have a pretty dependable excuse “Well, you know we’d love to go closer over there and take a better look at that thing that looks like an ATM/Cash machine.... but the wheels... the wheels...”
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posted on
12/26/2013 6:42:29 PM PST
by
djf
(Global warming is a bunch of hot air!!)
To: Blood of Tyrants
The extreme cold temperature there also couldn’t help matters.
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posted on
12/26/2013 6:43:46 PM PST
by
KoRn
(Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
To: cripplecreek
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posted on
12/26/2013 6:44:25 PM PST
by
Conspiracy Guy
(Did the ancients know they were ancients? Or did they see themselves as presents?)
To: BenLurkin
They need to send up an extra large 3D printer and a Canadian remote manipulator arm.
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posted on
12/26/2013 6:49:24 PM PST
by
BerryDingle
(I know how to deal with communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
To: BenLurkin
Yup. I confused my Rovers.
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posted on
12/26/2013 7:02:58 PM PST
by
piytar
(The predator-class is furious that their prey are shooting back.)
To: BenLurkin
We used to know how to make space wheels.
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posted on
12/26/2013 7:06:10 PM PST
by
fso301
To: djf
Years ago (pre-internet) I read that there supposedly was one Apollo landing during which our guys drove to a crater to have a look inside.
Turned out the video from that trip was somehow “lost”.
Good luck finding that story today. Internet searches only bring up rafts of repetitive and spurious websites which sound similar but are either unrelated or totally bogus.
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posted on
12/26/2013 7:25:47 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: fso301
My first thought too, but weren't they shaped from "screens" of spring steel?
I bet that they would have shredded much sooner.
To: BenLurkin
I can’t believe they didn’t bolt a spare on to the back of that contraption.
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posted on
12/26/2013 7:43:55 PM PST
by
SgtHooper
(If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you.)
To: blueunicorn6
Drive it like you stole it.
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posted on
12/26/2013 7:47:02 PM PST
by
FAA
To: familyop
“BTW, UPS delivers to my remote area (much like Mars, climate-wise and road-wise), although FedEx doesnt.”
You too, eh. UPS has delivering to the ranch for 30 years but Fed Ex, to this day, doesn’t deliver within 30 miles of the place.
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posted on
12/26/2013 7:50:05 PM PST
by
FAA
To: Calvin Locke
My first thought too, but weren't they shaped from "screens" of spring steel?I don't remember exactly but they were designed to move the lunar rover and they performed their job well. How well they would have done on Mars I don't know but they weren't designed for such conditions.
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posted on
12/26/2013 7:50:40 PM PST
by
fso301
To: Noumenon
They’ll have to wait ‘til February!
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posted on
12/26/2013 7:59:58 PM PST
by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; me = independent conservative)
To: BenLurkin
What did they find in the crater allegedly?
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posted on
12/26/2013 8:01:26 PM PST
by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; me = independent conservative)
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