The driver benefits from a low, highly focused driving position with a sporting, wide grip steeringwheel, optimum pedal placement and high-visibility instrument dials.
Because of the time needed for a radio signal from Earth to reach the rover -- about 14 minutes at Mars' current position -- "We don't command the rover with a joystick or a steeringwheel in real time, " Tompkins said.
Driving position and visibility are good, although once everything was tweaked to our liking we found that the steeringwheel was interfering with our ingress and egress a little -- then again, there wasn't much time to adjust everything just right.