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Curiosity's tires imprinting "JPL" in Morse code October 25, 2012 11:46 am RobVG

For awhile now I’ve been scratching my head trying to figure out why Curiosity’s wheels have two different tread patterns. One is a conventional atv sand pattern and the other has a pattern with open holes. I thought that the openings might act as some type of inverse cleat. But “noooo”. It’s part of its autonomous driving system.

  • by TB 2012-10-25 14:12:04
    • Did you have a comment? n/t by RobVG 2012-10-26 12:42:05
      • Yeah, I don't know why it isn't showing. by TB 2012-10-26 13:05:34

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