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Different from the old 1960's-70's Rover project? That got cancelled when the cost of the Vietnam War ramped up. My Father-in-law worked on it. He said in a st
by JoeAltmaier 3y ago
Different from the old 1960's-70's Rover project? That got cancelled when the cost of the Vietnam War ramped up.
My Father-in-law worked on it. He said in a static test, a valve stuck ($1 part from a hardware store) and coolant failed, melting down the test stand. It took the remainder of their allocation to clean that up, and then got cancelled.
A pity we didn't go to Mars in the 1970's as planned. Oh well. Maybe this one will work!
- rbanffy 3y agoWell... Your father-in-law and his colleagues learned a lot from that mess, so the chances of this one working better are a lot better. Besides, we have better CAD, better physics simulation tools, and so on. Have faith. Also, cleaning up is easier - just point it to the sun ;-)