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[-] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 40 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

What I'm curious about is the "engineering model."

All NASA missions have duplicate probes, satellites, rovers, here on earth. They're essential for testing various scenarios like training astronauts (in the case of the Hubble repair missions), or testing the limits of the systems in question. I wonder if the engineering model for Curiosity has one of its wheels cut away in the same pattern, to simulate difficulties in navigation and traction?

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 28 points 2 weeks ago

Maybe that's why the took the photo of the wheel?

[-] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 20 points 2 weeks ago

Now that you mention it, that's probably why.

[-] tiredofsametab@fedia.io 12 points 2 weeks ago

iirc, they did use a damaged wheel to try to figure out a situation where a rover was stuck, though I don't remember any details about it.

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