Comment by code443
22 days ago
The rocker-bogie suspension is fascinating because it solves a real constraint problem with elegance rather than brute force—reminds me of how the best engineering often comes from working within limitations. As someone who's debugged systems under resource constraints, I'm curious whether the garage iteration process actually made it into the final Mars rover design, or if it had to be significantly redesigned for the extreme thermal/radiation environment.
>reminds me of how the best engineering often comes from working within limitations
Engineering, in a nutshell, is all about building things under (physical and social/economic) constraints.