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EAA859: With the coming of the Martian Winter, freeze the loose soil, as sand would here on earth.

charlie_sheila: Why is a minute and 50 seconds of music needed before starting the desired material?

onchrs10: They best way to get out of sand or loose substrate is to rock the vehicale back and forth (reverse forward) .....is does look like there is a rock under one of the wheels which is a problem....so it would need to rocked in a Northwest motion (north...

kharmata: Has anyone thought about trying to spin 2 of the wheels (at the same time) on one suspension arm in different directions to try and pivot one of the wheels up onto the soft sandy material. I know this may potentially force the opposite wheel deeper...

trumaskedwabbit: Would it be at all possible for Spirit to utilize her arm to prop herself up that the weight shifts tilting from the left side towards the right instead? Her right wheels seem to have the possibility of a more solid terrain and could have a better...

MarkOConnell: Since you need compromised tread to get over the air bags why not have droppable treading for situations like this? Use the first layer of the treads to get over the air bags and then drop them to create a better traction escape footing when needed. Design them so they lock together to make a firm surface as the rover wheels move.

cimi: DON't shift direction! At all!

cimi: it has to be moved extremly slow (at the grip limit) on the initial moving direction, for a very short distance, of about 0,5 or 1,0 cm, then in the other direction, also extremly slow, cm by cm. if it stucks again, the operation has to be repeated from the last point it got stucked. (even in the deepest mud ive got out with my car using this method). another hint: use the arm as breaking and...

Anthrage: Excellent job relaying the questions and conveying the related information - thank-you very much for doing this, and good luck with the upcoming effort!