Length: 10 feet (3 m)
Weight: 900 kg, including 80 kg of scientific instruments
Max speed: 90 m per hr
Average speed: 30 m per hr
Power source: basically batteries that generate electricity from natural decay of plutonium
Material: mostly aluminum. Suspension & spokes are titanium.
Wheels: 6 units of 20-inch wheels, made of aircraft-grade aluminum.
Communications: Mars to Earth: between 500 bps to 32Kbps. Signal takes between 10-20 seconds to travel from Earth to Mars.
Total cost of project: USD2.5 billion.
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