Sorry Pieter but exploring Mars has nothing to do with speed.
It's all about paitience.
Let's expect an avaerage speed of 1cm/hour.
What,s important is what you discover and Opportunity and Sprit has indeed made great contributions to our knowledeg of Mars as allt the Martian orbiters now circling the planet..
I would disagree. I say if the drill is good for N drill attempts then we need rovers that move fast to allow bigger area coverage. If we look at NASA's rovers they spend many of their time on Mars just to get to location. That is a lesson for us. Therefore speed is important if we want to have variety of samples before the rover break.
What I also suggest is to have a Quadrocopter to be deployed from the rover to scout ahead - they are very manoeuvrable and land back accurately.
@gespilk What's the point of covering a larger area? The won't be able get the thing to cover an area greater than a few km sq no matter how hard they try, and in such an area there is little variation in soil composition. Exploring things such as craters is far more important, and the reason the rover travel slowly is so that they don't break down a week after landing.
I hope this mission will be a success, not like the Beagle Lander. And that it will bring Europe's know-how in engineering rovers and any other robotic devices to a new level. And last but not least, enlarge our knowledge about planet Mars.
i think it will be faster than the spirit and the oppurtunity from the usa, since by then we have had 9 years to make rovers better faster and more acurate ,2011-2013 i think they be driving faster and drilling faster and so on
can't wait
claton95 4 months ago
Good choise using PVpanels instead of RTG.
The rover s is going to operate more than MSL maybe.
viridisrock 2 years ago
Sorry Pieter but exploring Mars has nothing to do with speed.
It's all about paitience.
Let's expect an avaerage speed of 1cm/hour.
What,s important is what you discover and Opportunity and Sprit has indeed made great contributions to our knowledeg of Mars as allt the Martian orbiters now circling the planet..
rogerhlm 2 years ago
@rogerhlm
I would disagree. I say if the drill is good for N drill attempts then we need rovers that move fast to allow bigger area coverage. If we look at NASA's rovers they spend many of their time on Mars just to get to location. That is a lesson for us. Therefore speed is important if we want to have variety of samples before the rover break.
What I also suggest is to have a Quadrocopter to be deployed from the rover to scout ahead - they are very manoeuvrable and land back accurately.
gespilk 1 year ago
@gespilk What's the point of covering a larger area? The won't be able get the thing to cover an area greater than a few km sq no matter how hard they try, and in such an area there is little variation in soil composition. Exploring things such as craters is far more important, and the reason the rover travel slowly is so that they don't break down a week after landing.
Erverino 1 year ago
If they would ever want it back, how on Earth are they going to get it? Haha - I wish them luck!
YellowBricks1234 2 years ago
the mars rovers wall e
benbo62 2 years ago
I hope this mission will be a success, not like the Beagle Lander. And that it will bring Europe's know-how in engineering rovers and any other robotic devices to a new level. And last but not least, enlarge our knowledge about planet Mars.
mercurio7212 2 years ago
Amazing!
Solizan 2 years ago
Wow, That's amazing, but what i wonder is how fast it really goes, i mean folding open the wings and doing that drilling..
wouter249 3 years ago
i think it will be faster than the spirit and the oppurtunity from the usa, since by then we have had 9 years to make rovers better faster and more acurate ,2011-2013 i think they be driving faster and drilling faster and so on
Pieter345 3 years ago