MARS VISUALIZATION ALLIANCE - MER Model Information

Mars Visualization Alliance - MER Model Information

Museum quality 2003 Mars Exploration Rover models are being made by local model makers. Inquiries regarding obtaining one of these models for your museum or educational collection should be directed to Consuelo Gennaro at 818-393-2502, or you can e-mail her at Consuelo.Gennaro@jpl.nasa.gov. She will provide you with the model maker's name and number and information on how to get intellectual property approval from JPL.

Here is the example pricing for the rover models:
Full Scale Motorized Rover Model: $32,695.00
Full Scale Manual Rover Model: $18,000.00**
Half Scale Motorized Rover Model: $28,000.00
Half Scale Manual Rover Model: $18,000.00**
Third Scale Motorized Rover Model: $12,442.00
Third Scale Manual Rover Model: $17,995.00
Third Scale Static Rover Model: $13,200.00
Eighth Scale Desktop Scale Manual Rover Model: $1,609.00
Eighth Scale Desktop Scale Static Rover Model: $1,550.00
Tenth Scale Desktop Cruise Stage Static (This model has a cruise stage, airbags, lander and rover): $4,090.00

These example prices are for the models only. They do not include custom built crates, nor shipping and handling.

**The price is not a typo. The full scale manual model price went down due to the price break given when five or more models of the same size are ordered.

Definitions for "motorized," "manual," and "static:"

Motorized:
This model will be motorized and manipulated via remote control. Wheels will be motorized and fully functional. Rocker Bogie Suspension will have a full range of motion. You will be able to drive it and steer it. The instruments will not operate via remote control. However, it will have the following manually adjustable instruments with full range of motion: Pan Cam Mast, Robotic arm, and High Gain Antenna. It will have three static instruments: calibration target, UHF antenna, and Low Gain antenna.

Manual:
This model is static but its wheels and rocker bogie suspension have full range of motion. It will have the following manually adjustable instruments with full range of motion: Pan Cam Mast, Robotic arm, and High Gain Antenna. It will have three static instruments: calibration target, UHF antenna, and Low Gain antenna.

Static:
This model is completely static. (Think "frozen in place"). The wheels and rocker bogie suspension are completely static. The wheels will not turn, the rocker bogies have no motion. All of the instruments are also completely static: Pan Cam Mast, Robotic arm, and High Gain Antenna will have no range of motion. It will have three static instruments: calibration target, UHF antenna, and Low Gain antenna.

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