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Re:Breaks Observed in Rover Wheel Treads by Cthulhu_ on Wednesday March 22, 2017 @09:57AM (#13930897)
Which would make it about 338 kilos on Mars - wikipedia lists Mars' gravity as 0.376g (vs earth's 1)
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Re:Breaks Observed in Rover Wheel Treads by masklinn on Wednesday March 22, 2017 @10:03AM (#13930946)
Technically that would make it 899kg on Mars, the kilogram is a unit of mass. However the Rover would weigh ~8800N on Earth and ~3300N on Mars.
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