The wheels are combination rims and springs. Pretty ingenious for
saving weight. We will probably see American Chopper try it in their
"Rover Memorial" model next. :-)

Richard J Kinch wrote:

Loren Coe writes:


was watching NASA a couple of days ago w/the sound off, it
looked like they were machining the current Mars rover wheels,
out of a _single_ piece of metal.


Huh. I assumed it was all made of Lego.

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