The "Mars Tumbleweed," a rover concept that would utilize surface winds for mobility, is being examined as a low cost complement to the current Mars exploration efforts. Tumbleweeds carrying microinstruments would be driven across the Martian landscape by wind, searching for areas of scientific interest. These rovers, relatively simple, inexpensive, and deployed in large numbers to maximize coverage of the Martian surface, would provide a broad scouting capability to identify specific sites for exploration by more complex rover and lander missions.


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    Title :

    Low Cost Mars Surface Exploration: The Mars Tumbleweed


    Contributors:
    J. Antol (author) / P. Calhoun (author) / J. Flick (author) / G. Hajos (author) / R. Kolacinski (author)

    Publication date :

    2003


    Size :

    43 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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