Building Curiosity - Hot New Rover Wheels

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An update on the construction of NASA's next rover to Mars, Curiosity.
In this segment, Curiosity gets wheels!
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I actually got to see this at JPL last year. It was soo cool!

Forlo
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this is the pinnacle of human engineering this marks the beginning of some intense robot human interaction to come in the next century

OGdank
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AWESOME! This one's a biggie. I can hardly wait.

fegolem
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@ Mariuszny - its called a "clean room" - its to keep dust, hair and skin from contaminating the work.

mordinkadane
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And now just 2 days before it lands! So exited!

silconbrony
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oh sweet, is the launch still scheduled for Nov 2011?

zestydude
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Once so clean, but now so dirty on Mars. Congratulations Curiosity Wheels!

gavincurtis
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@MrNazgul12a 6 motors for the wheels to turn, and 4 for the front and back wheels for steering.

ArtForSwans
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@ILoveDominikaDetko It's actually better. Having more surface area on the inside of the wheel rather than on the side provides more useful traction, if the wheel sinks that is.

UndeadPizzaGuy
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Great, I can't wait until it arrives on Mars.

Saukko
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I always thought that the rovers are much smaller :)

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@sebastiansz All previous rovers were much smaller than Curiosity. It`s going to be able to drive places spirit and opportunity only dreamed of going

JPO
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@mariuszny They don't want any earth microbes to contaminate their analysis of Martian rocks and soil, so they work in clean room conditions.

Graviton
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Threads are much too heavy. Weight is everything when you're going into space.

chrthiel
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Why all those white suits? not to spread rover flu?

mariuszny