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Re: Coefficient of Friction on Carpet?

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Originally Posted by neugebauer View Post
how significant is the differnce between the crater surface and the carpet? I imagine with the rover wheels that they too will slip on the carpet. Maybe not as much but for looking at the wheels I could see them slipping fairly easily as well.
They do slip very easily on carpet. However, carpet is far less slick than the regolith, probably by a two or three to one margin. I don't have experimental data other than spinning the wheel on the floor with my hand, but I would guess between .1 and .2 coefficient of friction on carpet.
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