Here's how it traverses Martian terrain with little human intervention.
so far, so it would be a disaster if it hit an insurmountable obstacle and became stuck in the red planet's harsh terrain.
One impressive and arguably undervalued technological feature of the Perseverance rover is its incredible capacity for mapping its surroundings in real-time and traveling Martian terrain with practically no human intervention.a three-mile journey The rover is traversing Martian terrain to collect rock and soil samples that will eventually be returned to Earth via an ambitious mission using technology that has yet to be developed.
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