This proved to be prudent, since the rover again ended up slipping more than 50 percent during most of its drive, with little progress away from dangerous terrain.
i'm curious - since slipping seems to be a major complication (or at least hazard) to the rover, why were the crafts not designed with some sort of inertial navigation capibilities? That way instead of commanding the rover to move foward 'x' feet, the controllers could command the rovers to spin the wheels untill the rover actually moved 'x' feet - not to mention the rover could also tell if it were, for example diggin it's self into a hole due to poor traction on sand, ect?
I'm sure there is an easy answer to this question, but obviously not one that comes to (my) mind :)
TIA
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