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

  • paulhammond5155@lemmy.worldOP
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    24 hours 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