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Re: Geological Survey Vehicle
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Date: 
Wed, 26 Jan 2000 23:42:13 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Mark Sandlin writes:
Actually, what I was trying to say, is that it doesn't look "real-life"
enough. A real-life vehicle with that kind of weight on a joint that small
would snap it
like a twig.

I don't know. Gravity on the planet this GSV is surveying may be weaker than
on the Earth.

Cheers,
Hao-yang Wang



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  Re: Geological Survey Vehicle
 
(...) OK, well you've got me there. How about a super high-strength alloy? :-) Just as a side note, I've posted the .DAT file for the chassis in the .Ideas group: (URL) model is by far incomplete, but gives some idea of what was running around (...) (24 years ago, 27-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)

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<snip> (...) Actually, what I was trying to say, is that it doesn't look "real-life" enough. A real-life vehicle with that kind of weight on a joint that small would snap it like a twig. Personally, I'd have twice as many wheel assemblies anyway, (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)

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