Three Generations of Rovers
This picture of the Earth-based test duplicates for Sojourner, Spirit/Opportunity and Curiosity with two engineers really shows you the impressive difference in scale for each successive Mars rover. Will we continue to have increases in rover size or are we reaching the weight limitations of our Mars launch equipment?
[ http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/mars/images/pia15280.html ]
Published on January 22, 2012 at 5:01PM.
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