How many parts do the rovers have?
(Taylor) Answer: Wow that is a good question I don’t think anyone has really counted all the parts but it would certainly be millions. Expert: Jose T. Guzman Mars Exploration Rover Project Avionics Systems Engineer / Integration & Test Team Question: How many rovers are you sending?(stephan) Answer: Hi Stephan, We are sending two rovers the size of go-carts. We don’t have names for them yet… Expert: Ramiro Perez Precision Motion Control Systems & Celestial Sensors Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology Question: Why does the rover have 4 wheels when it lands and then two more fold down to make six. Nicole age 8 Answer: Hi Nicole, Our rovers are designed to have 6 wheels, so they can climb over all sorts of rocks when the robot lands on Mars. But the robot’s so big, and the spaceship around it is so small, that the front two wheels had to be “stowed away” (kind of like carry-on luggage) to make the trip. But once it arrives at Mars, the front two wheels are lock
