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#1 2004-03-05 10:54:21

GraemeSkinner
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From: Eden Hall, Cumbria
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Re: Suggest A Feature - What would you like to see

This is a low res starting image (yes I've been playing) of a very in-the-future rover for Mars exploration...

mars-r-1-test.gif

So what else would you like to see on a un-manned future rover, give me your suggestions and I'll do a final high-res version of it.


There was a young lady named Bright.
Whose speed was far faster than light;
She set out one day
in a relative way
And returned on the previous night.
--Arthur Buller--

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#2 2004-03-08 18:03:10

Ad Astra
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Registered: 2003-02-02
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Re: Suggest A Feature - What would you like to see

I'd like the rover to drill into the ground to take core samples of potential ice deposits.


Who needs Michael Griffin when you can have Peter Griffin?  Catch "Family Guy" Sunday nights on FOX.

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#3 2004-03-08 23:45:27

Rxke
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From: Belgium
Registered: 2003-11-03
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Re: Suggest A Feature - What would you like to see

Beagle's 'methane-sniffer'
A microphone (really!)
A flashlight to make a 'different' picture under same lighting conditions, if you reach a hole or something like that

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#4 2004-03-09 09:44:34

dicktice
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From: Nova Scotia, Canada
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Re: Suggest A Feature - What would you like to see

Pattern the overall vehicle on the tried-and-proven "front-end loader" format so successful here on Earth, with a "core drill and extractor" in back.

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#5 2004-03-09 15:19:30

cassioli
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From: Italy
Registered: 2004-02-23
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Re: Suggest A Feature - What would you like to see

Beagle's 'methane-sniffer'
A microphone (really!)
A flashlight to make a 'different' picture under same lighting conditions, if you reach a hole or something like that

The damned Polar Lander had a microphone!!! sad

Luca

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#6 2004-03-09 23:54:57

Rxke
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From: Belgium
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Re: Suggest A Feature - What would you like to see

yes, and i had my sampler waiting expectantly to do something with the data, sniff...

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