Comments on: Curiosity celebrates ten years on Mars https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/curiosity-celebrates-ten-years-on-mars/ Mon, 08 Aug 2022 05:33:02 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Edward https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/curiosity-celebrates-ten-years-on-mars/#comment-1345130 Mon, 08 Aug 2022 05:33:02 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=87159#comment-1345130 Jeff Wright wrote: “Lubricants don’t like low pressure or the cold.”

Although this is true in general, we have lubricants that will work in vacuum and in the cold. There are other methods of reducing friction and wear between moving parts, too. Our martian rovers demonstrate our ability to overcome the general case for lubricants.

]]> By: Jeff Wright https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/curiosity-celebrates-ten-years-on-mars/#comment-1345053 Sun, 07 Aug 2022 06:07:24 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=87159#comment-1345053 Lubricants don’t like low pressure or the cold.

]]> By: Skunk Bucket https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/curiosity-celebrates-ten-years-on-mars/#comment-1344922 Fri, 05 Aug 2022 21:47:29 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=87159#comment-1344922 A truly remarkable machine, but it’s going to take us a long time to explore Mars at an average of 0.000202 mph. We need boots on the ground, or at least rovers guided by people in orbit to eliminate the light speed delay. I hope Elon can somehow pull off his Mars colonization plans.

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