The ExoMars mission will be Europe’s first Mars rover, and when it drives off the platform on Mars to begin operating, it will do so on chassis and wheels made in Canada. Natalie Panek from MDA joins Jake to talk about the Rosalind Franklin’s mobility system, and how the rover will move around on the Red Planet.

We talk Rover Mobility Systems

• Wheel walking Tests
• More Wheel Walking!
• Video shows deployment sequence of wheels and rover (you can also hear the clinking sounds of the metal treads)

Follow Natalie

• Natalie on Twitter (@nmpanek)
• Natalie’s Personal Website
• Natalie’s Wikipedia

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• Website (www.wemartians.com)
• Patreon (www.patreon.com/wemartians)
• WeMartians Shop (shop.wemartians.com)
• Twitter (@we_martians)
• Jake’s Twitter (@JakeOnOrbit)
• Off-Nominal Podcast
  • Most Recent Episode: 27 – Space Policy Fugue State

#GoingPro Phase 1 – Complete!

On January 10th we concluded the first part of the #GoingPro fundraising campaign, and what a tremendous finish it was! With just hours to spare, we crossed the 200 patron milestone in an exciting finish. Missed the whole campaign? Catch up in our blog post explainer!

There’s lots more to do, but for now I want to say THANK YOU. Keep an eye the main feed for the upcoming Ask Me Anything style podcast. It’s coming up next!

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Thanks to all the patrons who have come along so far, and to all the new ones ready to join the movement. Ad Ares!

WeMartians theme music is “RetroFuture” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) and arranged by Jake Robins with Public Domain NASA audio and WeMartians interview samples. Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/