The Insane Engineering of the Perseverance Rover

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References:
[1] https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/spacecraft/rover/wheels/#:~:text=The%20Perseverance%20rover%20has%20six,and%20curve%2C%20making%20arcing%20turns
[2]https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/images/zeroing-in-on-the-target
[3] https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/mission/science/landing-site/
[4]https://www.mdpi.com/2411-9660/3/2/22/pdf-vor
[5] https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/spacecraft/rover/electrical-power/
[6] https://rps.nasa.gov/about-rps/about-plutonium-238/#:~:text=Credit%3A%20U.S.%20Department%20of%20Energy,as%20a%20piece%20of%20paper.
[7] https://fas.org/nuke/space/pu-ulysses.pdf
[8] https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/education/whatischemistry/landmarks/plutonium-238-production.html
[9] https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2000/ast13nov_1#:~:text=Most%20of%20the%20station's%20oxygen,hydrogen%20gas%20and%20oxygen%20gas.&text=The%20hydrogen%20is%20used%20for,is%20released%20into%20the%20atmosphere
[10] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S009457651630203X
[11a] https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/spacecraft/rover/electrical-power/
[12] https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/fs_moxie_150908.pdf
[13] https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/spacecraft/rover/sample-handling/
[14] https://mars.nasa.gov/mars-exploration/missions/mars-sample-return/
[15] https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/spacecraft/instruments/sherloc/
[16] https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/spacecraft/instruments/pixl/
[17]https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11214-020-00740-4
[18] https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/6-things-to-know-about-nasas-ingenuity-mars-helicopter


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