paulhammond5155@lemmy.world to NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month ago4312 - Wheel checklemmy.worldimagemessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up1124arrow-down11file-text
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minus-squareWeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoOther than weight, why isn’t the wheel solid? Seems like a safer bet for a rover, and you don’t have passenger comfort to take into account.
minus-squareatocci@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 month agoI have a hard time imagining it’s for any reason other than weight.
minus-squarepaulhammond5155@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 month ago why isn’t the wheel solid? Weight is an issue The wheels were the rover shock absorbers during landing (by the sky-crane back in 2012) Yes, no passenger comfort, but there is an amount of sensitive electronics and instruments to protect.
Other than weight, why isn’t the wheel solid? Seems like a safer bet for a rover, and you don’t have passenger comfort to take into account.
I have a hard time imagining it’s for any reason other than weight.