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Testing NASA’s New Prototype Rover for Moon & Mars

NASA’s new prototype rover ERNEST is made to test technologies for moon and mars exploration. Add CNET as a trusted news source Never miss a deal again! See CNET’s browser extension 👉 Check out CNET’s Amazon Storefront: Subscribe to CNET on YouTube: Follow us on TikTok: Follow us on Instagram: Follow us on Bluesky: Like…

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  1. @thelegendarysmz

    June 28, 2026 at 8:11 am

    very late after “the moon landing”

  2. @thelegendarysmz

    June 28, 2026 at 8:11 am

    very late after “the moon landing”(July 20 1969)

    • @thelegendarysmz

      June 29, 2026 at 4:27 am

      ​@gamerninjask6746 just 56 years gap and just visited the obit of the moon with the Arthemis 2 mission in April 1 this year 2026, and NASA have the track record of lying things here and there, don’t be a blind believer of anyone or anything

    • @thelegendarysmz

      June 29, 2026 at 4:28 am

      ​@gamerninjask6746 no i didn’t mean arthemis 2 it’s just happend 2 months ago

  3. @WILLIAM1690WALES

    June 28, 2026 at 8:19 am

    Another genius project by NASA quite literally this should be for sale in toys r us

  4. @JessicaHurst-u4g

    June 28, 2026 at 8:58 am

    Got my 72 year old mother researching Elon and talking about if she had invested, I’ve never known her to read so much in my entire life

    • @AnthonyGibson-v9n

      June 28, 2026 at 9:00 am

      I really wish I had FU money to dump into SpaceX stock

    • @HarrisonHolloway-k2j

      June 28, 2026 at 9:01 am

      I’m pretty sure spaceX is going to create a lot more millionaires in the years to come. (Myself included)!!

    • @HarrisonHolloway-k2j

      June 28, 2026 at 9:01 am

      My SPCX is already at 30-some-odd percent for return!

    • @MartinKuester

      June 28, 2026 at 9:01 am

      I wanted/ want to still invest. Can I?

    • @LorraineS.Labriol

      June 28, 2026 at 9:02 am

      I was opportuned to meet with Steve Robson who linked me to Elon Musk and his team where I bought my shares and also invest directly

    • @Ramblingamblin95

      June 28, 2026 at 9:03 am

      I bought 1 share.. on Friday..
      From Elon team through Steve Robson looking good..😊

  5. @boweassange2023

    June 28, 2026 at 9:23 am

    Dad never learned Newton’s laws of motion or Kepler’s laws of gravitation.

  6. @Kiss__Kiss

    June 28, 2026 at 10:49 am

    You would think if it ever tumbles and lands upside down, it would have wheels/rollers opposite the current ones, so it recovers quickly. But who am I? lol

    • @abomb899

      June 28, 2026 at 5:45 pm

      Engineer here,

      A good question! The reason is adding wheels on the body would raise the center of mass and make it more likely it would tumble. Also weight is a very valuable commodity, lifting up a single pound more is a lot more fuel and effort. And lastly if it did flip the solar panels and mast would be in the dirt. So there wouldn’t be much to recover. But don’t worry the suspension on the perseverance rover for example is super robust and can handle up to 45 degrees (but operates a lot lower for safety margins), and the rovers do a slow crawl so if there is any possibility of tipping they stop early.

    • @Kiss__Kiss

      June 28, 2026 at 7:00 pm

      @abomb899 Right. Just like the CoG here on earth. Also, to combat any event of a roll over or flipping upside down. They could make the wheel/tire package taller than on normal vehicles(yes, tall enough to surpass the roof line). Which means even if it flips, it will always land right side up. You know, like the toys we played with in the 70s/80s..

  7. @jenesaisquoi2558

    June 28, 2026 at 11:09 am

    It needs an arm so it can fix itself

    • @thegoodthebadandtheugly579

      July 1, 2026 at 9:22 pm

      And clean its own solar panel – which is its lifeline basically.. otherwise rovers just keep dying because of battery all the time.. what kind of a Duracell freaking problem is that for something that costs billions to send into space and onto another world..

  8. @robb5834

    June 28, 2026 at 12:42 pm

    OK until u get broken wheel or tyer think nasa has send a replace ment just in case so it fix its self if robotic arm on it

    • @abomb899

      June 28, 2026 at 5:49 pm

      A robotic arm would be very complex and add a lot of weight, you’d also need spare parts and have a way to jack it above the ground. Thankfully rover wheels are very robust and the ones you see here are a metal alloy mesh, so they are really durable. That’s why they are doing a ton of testing here first, it’s a lot easier building it right the first time than fixing in space. They also do a lot of panning and slow movement on mars just to be extra carful not to risk any damage. Unfortunately dust storms are one of the tricky things you can’t avoid though.

    • @abomb899

      June 28, 2026 at 5:49 pm

      A robotic arm would be very complex and add a lot of weight, you’d also need spare parts and have a way to jack it above the ground. Thankfully rover wheels are very robust and the ones you see here are a metal alloy mesh, so they are really durable. That’s why they are doing a ton of testing here first, it’s a lot easier building it right the first time than fixing in space. They also do a lot of planning and slow movement on mars just to be extra carful not to risk any damage. Unfortunately dust storms are one of the tricky things you can’t avoid though.

  9. @urbanstrencan

    June 28, 2026 at 12:53 pm

    ET is here 😅😅

  10. @hikalox

    June 28, 2026 at 5:43 pm

    I’m looking forward to a new discovery.

  11. @RandomCuriositiesToday

    June 28, 2026 at 6:27 pm

    So we’re just skipping Mars all the talk about it???

  12. @MikeAnn193

    June 28, 2026 at 9:23 pm

    I find this video frustrating. While the topic is very interesting to me, there’s way too much to read on the screen while the clips go by at the rate they do. Do you want me to read or do you want me to see the rover prototype in action? I have to keep pausing to absorb both, so I stopped trying halfway through. 😑

  13. @user-tx9zg5mz5p

    June 29, 2026 at 3:19 am

    When?😂

  14. @S1nwar

    June 30, 2026 at 6:27 am

    Combining the benefits of rolling and walking is nice

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