Flawed Tests on Earth May Explain Why NASA’s Rovers Get Stuck on Mars

This picture shows a model of the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit being tested for performance on five wheels at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

A deceptive difference having to do with Earth’s and Mars’s gravity may be the reason why NASA’s rovers get stuck in the otherworldly sands.

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