← Back to context Comment by sixothree 7 years ago For me it is reminiscent of TARS from Interstellar. 8 comments sixothree Reply jodrellblank 7 years ago Any chance this is the chassis of SpaceX's inevitable Mars Rover being tested on Earth first? SECProto 7 years ago Elon tweeted [1] that the pressurized edition will be the "official truck of Mars" - which I take to mean it will be the rover.[1] https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1197627433970589696 iamcreasy 7 years ago I don't think you'll need hard exterior on Mars. Instead you need protection from extreme weather. NickNameNick 7 years ago You don't even need that. Mars' atmosphere is very thin. Windspeeds can be extreme but there is so little mass being moved that the generated forces are pretty minimal. 4 replies →
jodrellblank 7 years ago Any chance this is the chassis of SpaceX's inevitable Mars Rover being tested on Earth first? SECProto 7 years ago Elon tweeted [1] that the pressurized edition will be the "official truck of Mars" - which I take to mean it will be the rover.[1] https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1197627433970589696 iamcreasy 7 years ago I don't think you'll need hard exterior on Mars. Instead you need protection from extreme weather. NickNameNick 7 years ago You don't even need that. Mars' atmosphere is very thin. Windspeeds can be extreme but there is so little mass being moved that the generated forces are pretty minimal. 4 replies →
SECProto 7 years ago Elon tweeted [1] that the pressurized edition will be the "official truck of Mars" - which I take to mean it will be the rover.[1] https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1197627433970589696
iamcreasy 7 years ago I don't think you'll need hard exterior on Mars. Instead you need protection from extreme weather. NickNameNick 7 years ago You don't even need that. Mars' atmosphere is very thin. Windspeeds can be extreme but there is so little mass being moved that the generated forces are pretty minimal. 4 replies →
NickNameNick 7 years ago You don't even need that. Mars' atmosphere is very thin. Windspeeds can be extreme but there is so little mass being moved that the generated forces are pretty minimal. 4 replies →
Any chance this is the chassis of SpaceX's inevitable Mars Rover being tested on Earth first?
Elon tweeted [1] that the pressurized edition will be the "official truck of Mars" - which I take to mean it will be the rover.
[1] https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1197627433970589696
I don't think you'll need hard exterior on Mars. Instead you need protection from extreme weather.
You don't even need that. Mars' atmosphere is very thin. Windspeeds can be extreme but there is so little mass being moved that the generated forces are pretty minimal.
4 replies →