@TDahl wrote:
For the past few years I've been working on a long-term project to re-create the Viking '75 Mars lander unmanned spacecraft as a high-fidelity SketchUp model. The most recent portion to be completed is the Surface Sampler Collector Head or "scoop" that was used to dig up samples of Mars soil and deposit them into the lander's science instruments for analysis:
The model has a fairly complete "working" interior that supports all the operations of the actual unit:
An exploded view:
The model has been uploaded to the 3D Warehouse for others to use as they see fit. All the components are solid and in principle able to be 3D-printed, though many have realistically-thin wall sections that would likely be a challenge. Other renderings of the work-in-progress model show my gradual progress. A few years of effort remain!![:slight_smile:]( ":slight_smile:")
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