MBK Industrie: l’usine française du Groupe Yamaha Motor
MBK Industrie est une usine de haute technologie qui produit chaque année plus de 80 000 unités. Grâce à son personnel qualifié et à ses investissements récents, le site détient aussi ses certifications ISO
9001 (qualité) et 14001 (environnement), et la meilleure note possible des standards japonais en matière de contrôle qualité. Le groupe YAMAHA continue la mutation de son site en augmentant aux côtés du XMAX 125 2018, la part de la production des motos et scooters de grosses cylindrées, Tracer 700 et XSR700 en tête.
Japanese and foreign car manufacturers offer a glimpse of the future as they unveil their latest eco-friendly and unique next-generation concept cars as the 43rd Tokyo Motor Show. The biennial event at the Tokyo Big Sight venue features 426 vehicles from 178 firms, both up slightly from the previous event in 2011.
NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover Sample Caching System
Watch as NASA-JPL engineers test the Sample Caching System on the Perseverance Mars rover. Described as one of the most complex robotic systems ever built, the Sample and Caching System will collect core samples from the rocky surface of Mars, seal them in tubes and leave them for a future mission to retrieve and bring back to Earth.
The team is on track to launch Perseverance in July 2020 and land in Mars’ Jezero Crater in February 2021. For more information on the Mars 2020 Perseverance mission, please go to: mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/
Credit: NASA-JPL/Caltech
Shake, Rattle and Roll: Testing NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover
NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover lives up to its name by enduring a series of tests to prepare for its journey to the Red Planet. Tests for the mission were performed between September and December of 2019 at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California.
This video highlights the following tests:
Spin test
Shake test
Mobility deployment test
Rover’s first unassisted stand
Solar test
Thermal vacuum test
Sample caching test
Drive test
The launch period for the Perseverance rover opens July 17, 2020. It will land on Mars February 18, 2021.
For more information on Mars 2020, visit: mars.nasa.gov/mars2020.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
NASA's Mars 2020 Mission | Everything You Need To Know
NASA’s Mars 2020 Mission & Perseverance Rover
This is Mars as viewed on NASA's awesome web-based portal, Mars Trek.
And this point here is the Jezero Crater, where NASA's Mars 2020 Mission will take place.
The launch window for the mission is between July 17th and August 5th of this year and centers around the Perseverance Rover.
The Perseverance is nearly identical to the Curiosity Rover except for redesigned wheels.
Reusing Curiosity’s design makes sense because Curiosity is an engineering marvel and saves NASA a lot of money in development costs.
Aside from the redesigned wheels, Perseverance also has a unique set of instruments needed for the mission.
The Mars 2020 Mission is just a part of NASA's overarching Mars Exploration Program.
The program has four key science Goals, in which the Perseverance will play a significant role in their achievement.
The first goal is to determine whether life ever existed on the planet, and this is why the Jezero Crater was chosen to be the site.
The crater may have contained a large 800-foot lake connected to rivers.
To help achieve this goal, the Perseverance is equipped with three amazing instruments.
— The Planetary Instrument for X-ray Lithochemistry or PIXL.
— The Scanning Habitable Environments with Raman & Luminescence for Organics & Chemicals or SHERLOC.
— And the SuperCam.
PIXL is an X-ray Spectrometer, which allows Perseverance to detect signs of biofilm made by microbes that may have lived on the planet long ago when the climate was warmer.
At just 10 lbs, it is 50 times lighter than the typical lab spectrometer used for the same purpose.
SHERLOC also has a spectrometer, but it uses an ultraviolet laser to determine the chemical makeup of surfaces.
Last but not least is the SuperCam, which examines rocks and soils with a camera, laser, and spectrometers to seek organic compounds.
It can identify the chemical and mineral makeup of targets as small as a pencil point from a distance of more than 7 meters!
The second goal is to characterize the climate of Mars.
The rover will perform astrobiological investigations using the Mars Environmental Dynamics Analyzer or MEDA.
MEDA will continuously measure the characteristics of the Martian atmosphere, including the direction and wind speed, temperature, and humidity, and also measures the amount and size of dust particles.
Dust storms can block out the sun for weeks every seven to 10 years, there are enormous dust storms that cover the entire planet.
And the data collected from MEDA will help predict weather conditions that the first astronauts will face and the eventual colonists.
The third goal is to Characterize the Geology of Mars by studying the rock record.
It will do this using the Radar Imager for Mars' Subsurface Experiment or RIMFAX.
RIMFAX uses radar waves to uncover what lies beneath the Martian surface, capable of detecting ice or salty brines.
Additionally, the rover will use its percussive coring drill to collect rock samples and place them in sealed tubes.
The samples will eventually be placed on the planet's surface and possibly be collected on a future mars mission to be returned to Earth for further study.
Learning the Geology of Mars is foundational knowledge that is important for future colonists.
Lastly, the fourth goal of the Mars 2020 mission is to Prepare for Human Exploration.
The Perseverance has four sub-objectives for this goal, but we are going to zero in on the Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment or MOXIE.
MOXIE is an experiment that aims to demonstrate the ability to produce oxygen from the Martian Atmosphere.
This is critical for two apparent reasons as astronauts and colonists need oxygen to breathe and it can be used as propellant for return trips back to Earth.
The MOXIE takes the Mars atmosphere and heats it up to 800 degrees Celsius, which allows the oxygen to be separated from the Carbon dioxide.
If this experiment is successful, NASA may send a dedicated mission to produce Oxygen on Mars, which would lay the groundwork for human missions and a colony.
So, all the instruments on the Perseverance are astonishing in their own right but to top it off, the rover is equipped with a helicopter.
If successful, the idea is for future Mars rover missions to be outfitted with drones that can scan the surrounding area for interesting objects and places for the rover to explore.
NASA has a long succession of successful Mars rover missions going back 23 years.
Hopefully, the Perseverance continues the succession of successful Mars rovers.
And hopefully, through its discoveries and experiments, it paves the way for the human missions to come.
Top 10 Extreme Trucks and Vehicles for Any Off-road Adventure
The majority of our episodes are rather serious and contain information about quality day to day vehicles that our viewers can buy and enjoy for daily driving. But this time we decided to have some fun and present to you a list of the meanest trucks and extreme all-terrain vehicles that exist around the globe.
You might think that they should be driven only in case of a full scale apocalypse on our planet, but be sure that there are some places around the world that require the most brutal vehicles the automotive industry can offer. So sit back and enjoy this amazing lineup that can take you to places where no foot may tread!
Jeep Wrangler-based Rezvani Tank: rezvanimotors.com/rezvani-tank/#rezvani-tank-specifications
Rezvani decided to test their skills in engineering an extreme utility vehicle with a menacing name TANK. This towering SUV is based on a Jeep Wrangler with an updated powertrain, a 6.4 Liter 500-horsepower V8.
ZAROOQ SandRacer 500GT: zarooqmotors.com
After being kept in the dark for more than a year, ZAROOQ SandRacer 500GT is finally ready for production. With only 35 units of this imposing off-road supercar being built, the price has skyrocketed from originally expected $100,000 to $450,000 at a minimum.
Avtoros Shaman: avtoros.info/landings/shaman
This is an 8 by 8 truck suitable for any terrain conditions, engineered and manufactured by the Russian company Avtoros. The installed powertrain consists of a four-cylinder Iveco F1C 3-liter turbo diesel and 6-speed manual transmission.
Toyota Tonka: toyota.com.au/hilux-tonka
Tonka is a brand that has been producing toy trucks, construction machinery and pickups for 70 years and to celebrate their history an interesting collaboration between Tonka and Toyota emerged. The prototype was built on the base of Toyota Hilux.
Ripsaw EV2 by Howe & Howe Technologies: ripsawtank.com
Ripsaw EV2, is an exclusive all-terrain vehicle from Howe & Howe Technologies with the price of $295,000. EV2 is an 8,000 pounds monster that rides on tracks and is powered by a 6,6-Liter turbo-diesel GM Duramax V8 engine.
Rally Fighter by Local Motors: localmotors.com
Rally Fighter is a two-door two-seater endurance car with a 6.2 Liter GM E-Rod V8 Engine that produces 430 hp and 424 pound-feet of torque. This automobile has a very sturdy frame, high clearance and heavy-duty suspension for off-road performance.
Sherp: sherp.ru
Sherp managed to get a solid position among the most capable off-road vehicles in the world. Its greatest advantage is 2 feet clearance, unique chassis and huge wheels without inner tubes, that help in conquering obstacles up to 3.3 feet in height.
Marauder from Paramount Group: paramountgroup.com/capabilities/land/marauder
Marauder is a 4 by 4 mine-protected vehicle that ordinarily civilians can buy after passing a background check and producing a $400,000 check.
DTV Shredder: bpgwerks.com
DTV Shredder – a scooter on tracks or a dual track vehicle, hence DTV, is a rather capable representative of personal off road transportation.
Ziesel: ziesel-adventures.com
Der Ziesel was engineered by the German company Mattro Mobility Revolutions as an all-electric rescue vehicle for sci resorts. From the first look Ziesel creates an impression of being an armchair on steroids.
Ghe-o Rescue: ghe-o.com/rescue---utility.html
The engineers of Ghe-o Rescue had an idea of creating a vehicle that could cope with any extreme situations and as a result save human lives.