[editor-surveyor]

>> “seems like as we know the moon is all soft dust it would’ve been prudent to send a tracked vehicle.” <<

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Soft dust was a popular theory for the moon, until the first landing demolished it. Your bathroom floor has as much dust as was found on the moon. Sand on Mars is a whole different question.
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[dr_lew]

NASA’S Dirty Secret: Moon Dust ... “The major issue the Apollo astronauts pointed out was dust, dust, dust,” says Professor Larry Taylor, Director of the Planetary Geosciences Institute at the University of Tennessee. Fine as flour and rough as sandpaper, Moon dust caused ‘lunar hay fever,’ problems with space suits, and dust storms in the crew cabin upon returning to space.

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"Your bathroom floor has as much dust as was found on the moon."

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[Neidermeyer]

Sand on Mars is a whole different question.
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With millions of years of accumulated dust and dirt taking a chance with the tires they chose , hoping to have a firm surface with excellent traction is not a plan and was not wise ...