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Rover Egress from the Lander


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Rover Egress from the Lander

There are no guarantees of lander orientation due to uncertainties of rocks and terrain. After landing, the rover can point-turn on the lander to choose a favorable departure direction. This skeletal rover is for test purposes only. It is one-sixth the mass of the flight rover, so tractive forces in earth testing approximate those expected on the moon.