The Perseverance Mars Rover is the largest of these world SUVs.
The scientific vehicle weighs almost as much as a World War 2-era jeep and has the same footprint and is capable of some serious rocks.
Crawling is a very literal term in this case, as the maximum speed of a six-wheel vehicle is .01 miles per hour.
Each of them is equipped with an electric motor, however, and can drive all four vehicles on the corner. The vehicle is also capable of negotiating 45 degree grades in any direction, but its controllers on Earth limit it to 30 degrees in the instructions it sends, which takes 5 to 20 minutes.
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The six identical wheels are 20.7-inch in diameter and are made of aluminum hubs and skins that are connected by a flexible titanium spokes.
A very clear suspension, the wheels can ride on rocks as high as the wheels, and now we know that the metal cleats that make up their steps are pounding on the sand and rocks.
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The diligence is equipped with a microphone that was primarily to capture its sound on the surface of the earth and is now used to record a recent 90-foot cruise to the Jaziro crater.
NASA posted a 16-minute clip and a short highlight reel of noise, including pops, scraps and scratching noise that could be electronic interference.
“If I had heard these noises driving my car, I would have pulled and ordered,” said Dave Gruel, lead engineer of the Mars 2020 EDL camera and microphone subsystem. “But if you take a minute to consider what you’re listening to and where it’s recorded, it makes perfect sense.”
Maybe next time they’ll step in and send me a GoPro video camera, but it will take a while before anyone really enjoys driving on an extraterrestrial body, as Apollo astronauts did in the Moon Rover, with Captain Eugene Karnan finally reaching a record speed of 11.2 mph. .
