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Well, regardless of how well an Earth car would perform, it'd likely be far too heavy/expensive to get to Mars in the first place. It's impressive how NASA can
by passivepinetree 10y ago
Well, regardless of how well an Earth car would perform, it'd likely be far too heavy/expensive to get to Mars in the first place. It's impressive how NASA can solve problems with the resource constraints they have.
- jonknee 10y agoIt would obviously be a dumb idea, but Curiosity is in the same ballpark as a car in both size and weight (1,982 lbs). A Smart Car is ~1,800 pounds, so it's actually heavier than some Earth cars!
- passivepinetree 10y agoInteresting, I didn't know that Curiosity was that heavy! It's a ways away from Jeep Wrangler/military Humvee territory (especially if you loaded one of those up with the required scientific instruments) but it'd be cool to see NASA go with something heavier-duty for longer-range missions in the future.