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perseverancerover·NASA's Perseverance Mars Roverbypaulhammond5155

Meanwhile in Gale crater! Wounded But Still Traversing - 4,088 mars days and 31.35 km (19.48 miles) since Curiosity Rover landed.

I know it's the Perseverance page, but I thought you nay like to see this MAHLI camera image from Sol 4088 - Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS.

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Don't want this to be misconstrued as a criticism, but what was the reasoning behind going with this wheel design? Seems like even a modest rubberization would have allowed the rover to go hundreds or thousands of miles before damage. Is the environment really that harsh? UV rays would have disintegrated the rubber? Might Google later.

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Meanwhile in Gale crater! Wounded But Still Traversing - 4,088 mars days and 31.35 km (19.48 miles) since Curiosity Rover landed. | Spyke