Re:NASA’s Mars Curiosity Rover Arrives at Martian Mountain
by noselasd on Friday September 12, 2014 @01:38PM
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There's some info and speculation here: http://space.stackexchange.com/questions/3187/curiosity-why-...
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Re:NASA’s Mars Curiosity Rover Arrives at Martian Mountain
by dredmorbius on Friday September 12, 2014 @02:42PM
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Thanks. Temperature range would definitely have an impact, and I hadn't considered that.
I was thinking something more like a silicone rubber solid tire rather than a pneumatic one. I do see mass mentioned as well.
The NASA article (referenced both in another comment here and in the SE post responses) cites landing shocks and wheel deployment specifically among mass constraints.