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Jan 22 2005, 01:21 PM
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Aug 24 2005, 05:00 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 129 Joined: 25-March 05 Member No.: 218 |
I ran across this page of the Phoenix landing animation done by Maas Digital in the same great style of the MER animations. I may have missed it, but I haven't seen this mentioned here yet... and its certainly worth a viewing. Fantastic realism, again!
The entry looks similar to the MER animation, but clearly is aimed at high latitudes. Also, the chute opening shot is more dramatic. But what especially makes one almost gasp is when the cable is cut and the top shell/lander plummet toward the surface. When the shell is jettisoned and the lander's thrusters fire... it almost seems too real in that the lander appears to really struggle keeping itself oriented upright until it finally gets to the surface. After seeing this animation, I really worry about this landing a lot more than I did for the MER airbag method. Guess we didn't know how lucky we were with two successful thruster-style Viking landings almost 30 years ago. http://phoenix.lpl.arizona.edu/multimedia/...x_animation.php |
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