(NASA LaRC/Case Western University/NASA Planetary Data System) The inflatable Tumbleweed concept being propelled by the Mars wind.
Could Tumbleweed Rover Dominate Mars?
MARCH 09, 2010Ian O'Neill, Discovery News
The robotic exploration of Mars has come in three shapes so far. First, orbiters. Then, landers. Now, rovers.
The Tumbleweed Mars rover, an ingenious concept vying for attention in the hope of becoming an entirely different method to explore vast regions of the Martian surface, one that rolls across the surface instead of six-wheeling.
Read the story from Discovery News: www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35726493
