Wonder if it’s something they will consider changing in the designs of future rovers.
They already changed the design for the Perseverance rover, it has more grousers and a different pattern for those grousers. those redesigned wheels have been on Mars for 1279 sols (so far) and have zero damage.
The metal is as thin as possible to carry a heavy rover. Then it’s just a matter of driving over rocks for 12 years now!
Wonder if it’s something they will consider changing in the designs of future rovers.
Maybe one small change would increase the weight a fraction, but allow for 5-10 more years of service.
Here’s a short video clip that goes over the changes https://youtu.be/ov_TXfWBf-4?t=68