toddbronco2 - 19/5/2008 9:41 PMWhat's the purpose of the gaping holes in the wheels?
Blackstar - 19/5/2008 5:03 PMTook these at a drop test of the Scarecrow last year.
toddbronco2 - 19/5/2008 6:19 PMQuoteBlackstar - 19/5/2008 5:03 PMTook these at a drop test of the Scarecrow last year.Dude! They actually dropped that thing?? They had that blue chassis on display at the JPL open house, but I wouldn't have guessed that it was strong enough to drop like that! (Shows how little structures intuition I know) That "scarecrow" is really surprisingly large. They had it slowly driving over some small rocks in JPL's front courtyard and it was amazing to see how the wheels were slowly demolishing the concrete right there as we watched.
toddbronco2 - 19/5/2008 2:41 PMI know most of you guys seem to care mostly about manned spaceflight, but I had a question about the Mars Science Laboratory. 2 weeks ago at the JPL open house they were showing off these rover wheels (this pic is from their webpage). What's the purpose of the gaping holes in the wheels? Is it really as simple as I think; to let soil pour out once per revolution?
I know most of you guys seem to care mostly about manned spaceflight, but I had a question about the Mars Science Laboratory. 2 weeks ago at the JPL open house they were showing off these rover wheels (this pic is from their webpage). What's the purpose of the gaping holes in the wheels? Is it really as simple as I think; to let soil pour out once per revolution?
what pattern is how much distance when we're looking at pictures of the rover tracks on Mars?