Tumbleweed rover tests demonstrate transformative technology for low-cost Mars exploration
phys.org
A swarm of spherical rovers, blown by the wind like tumbleweeds, could enable large-scale and low-cost exploration of the Martian surface, according to results presented at the Joint Meeting of the Europlanet Science Congress and the Division for Planetary Sciences (EPSC-DPS) 2025.
  • Geodad@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 months ago

    I’m not sure that would work well.

    The Martian atmosphere is thinner than Earth’s… then again, they did fly a copter there.