Three-eyed 3D eyes
3D viewing (provided by stereo) matters for remote operation, safe motion, and for value of the artifact imagery. Operation can continue at reduced capability if one of the two cameras fail. The third camera carries the required telescopic zoom, which is useful for microscopic closeups, for scanning distant horizons (including look-backs to the lander and lookaheads to destinations..... and for viewing details of historical hardware. The pan-tilt drive requires more torque than intuition might suggest. Cabling and friction loads usually dominate inertia and imbalance. Loading aside, cable management is more art than science. This prototype cabling wouldn't fly for many reasons.
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