Mars Rover Testing

[WindowsSoftwareDe]

on the mars you could sell ice creme to the aliens in this thing

[matty2598]

how the fuck are they gunna land that massive thing. they only just managed to land the spirit rover with loads of luck and that was tiny!!!!

[Skogsraaet]

COOL!



[johnnyjayramone]

Why dont they use tracks like on a tank????

[Helge129]

@johnnyjayramone Wheels are lighter, and every gram of weight saved is literally worth its weight in gold.

[TheMultimaster420]

1:29 what is sound?

[OceanderTethyseus]

they ought to take a monster truck up there instead of that piece of crap

[coolestdude80]

My kid designed a better hovercraft. Its not rocket science!

[iYobo1000]

Land Rover should be working on this, not Nasa

[ChemicalMikeUK]

@iYobo1000 .., either them or caterpillar

[Noogymonster]

looks top heavy, goodluck going down slight slopes nasa. btw your rover is ugly ;D

[AgrivatedKillah]

@Noogymonster Let's see you do better

[MusicMan20061210]

It really should be a Ford!

[viridisrock]

The wheels are too tiny to ride the rocky surface of mars.

Sure there's much more risk to remain blocked in martian sand like Spirit with that type of wheels and tyres.

Do a test in 1/2m of sand.. the rover will not move!

[ArabAstronomy]

@viridisrock Mars' gravity is inferior to earth's, then the rover will weigh less there! very tiny chance of sinking the tires in sand.

[UndeadPizzaGuy]

@viridisrock I don't follow your train of thought. What on Earth makes you think these are the wheels that would be used on Mars? These wheels would not even survive the low pressures, they would simply rupture. Of course they would not use these wheels, that's obvious. You use terrestrial wheels for terrestrial use, simple, you know?

[will0ughby]

seems a little... off balance

[ahadssphere1]

Way kool! I'd love to see it on mars though

[andreirocks1992]

@ahadssphere1 I, would love to see mars from one of those :D