Phoenix has landed! |
Phoenix has landed! |
May 25 2008, 11:54 PM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 4763 Joined: 15-March 05 From: Glendale, AZ Member No.: 197 |
Successful touchdown
-------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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May 26 2008, 03:42 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1645 Joined: 5-March 05 From: Boulder, CO Member No.: 184 |
Besides being a powered landing, one might note another similarity with Viking 2, that being polygonal terrain. A quick check shows this reference that delves into the causes of this in the case of Viking. Mostly it's more the larger scale polygons that are discussed however.
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/7thmars2007/pdf/3322.pdf It seems the lander site-scale polygons may share a similar ice related cause at both sites, while the large-scale polygons at Utopia Planitia would have a different cause. Steve |
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