NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover

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4312 - Wheel check (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago by paulhammond5155@lemmy.world to c/curiosityrover@lemmy.world

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It's had a tough journey, but it's still trucking

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[–] youngalfred@lemm.ee 26 points 2 months ago (7 children)

That's incredible that a) it's had that much damage and b) it's still going!
Any estimates on lifespan left of the wheel/tyre?

[–] paulhammond5155@lemmy.world 19 points 2 months ago

Several years ago they did an engineering study that basically stated that when a specific number of cleats broke it had used up a percentage of its life. We're past that stage now. They have since developed a scenario that will allow them to rip one half of the damaged wheel off, and still drive on the remaining half.... All of the wheels are motorized, losing one wheel won't stop the rover from traversing to it's science waypoints

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