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Does anyone know why so much cabling on Curiosity is on top of the vehicle, exposed to the elements? Surely it would be safer to contain those cables in the bo
by ivix 14y ago
Does anyone know why so much cabling on Curiosity is on top of the vehicle, exposed to the elements?
Surely it would be safer to contain those cables in the body? It would just take a rock to fall on the rover from a cliffside or similar to damage those cables.
- papercrane 14y agoJust a guess, but maybe its to make diagnostics easier. If something is wrong they can image the cables and look for breaks.
- noonespecial 14y agoFor just a moment, I found myself worried about how they would hold up when it rained...
- startupfounder 14y agoWouldn't that be a nice problem to have. The only way to fix it would be to send some humans to the rover for a repair job...
- Retric 14y agoThere is not much in the way of 'elements' on Mars. If you look closely the cables are encased in something, but static electricity and dust storms are the largest problems and fairly easy to deal with.