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Written by Lu Xu   
Tuesday, 01 February 2005

Introduction

The future Rovers are more autonomous, and can fulfil daily assignments on their own, as they are able to carry all of their instruments with them instead of leaving them behind on the landing pod when roaming Mars' surface. One of the trickiest parts of the Mars Exploration mission is actually getting the rovers to Mars in working condition. Imagine trying to drop a robot without breaking it. We need low weight and excellent firm material for use in space exploration rovers and its multilayer circuits with high flex endurance.


Rover Body form http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/spotlight/20040716.html

Material for rover body

The rover body is called the warm electronics box, or "WEB" for short. Like a car body, the rover body is a strong, outer layer that protects the rover's computer, electronics, and batteries. The Rover cannot function well under excessively hot or cold... Read more


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Material for mobile system

How rover are going to be designed to traverse with a fair amount of ease over the rock. To account for the extreme difference in weight and centre of gravity from plant, the mobility system on the rover is in the back of the vehicle. What kind of material... Read more


Electronic circuit from http://www.rheelweb.co.nz/New%20Pages/Electronic%20Design.htm

Material for Electronic circuit

The new Rovers are more autonomous, and can fulfil daily assignments on their own, as they are able to carry all of their instruments with them. We need construct circuits that were lighter in weight, meet tight space requirements and still perform.... Read more


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Material for Solar Panel

What kind of material we are going to use to convert the sunlight in to power efficiently. The solar plane cell which uses dozens of silicon panels glued on top of one another. The stack of panels is then rotated 90 degrees and sunlight is focused into the... Read more

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