Do lunar rover wheels sink equally on Earth and Moon?

There has been a long discussion on how the low-gravity effects that LRUs (Lightweight Rover Units) on the Moon will experience, can affect mission planning and surface operations. In particular, the sinkage observed when regolith soil layers collapse under a normal wheel load has been an important...

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Main Authors: A.J.R. Lopez-Arreguin, B. Gundlach, E. Stoll
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-12-01
Series:Results in Physics
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211379719309490