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Paolo
post Jan 7 2012, 08:29 PM
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the GEMS Discovery finalist has been renamed InSight and now has its own website: http://insight.jpl.nasa.gov/
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Greg Hullender
post Jan 7 2012, 09:33 PM
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I was going to say I was amazed that we've reached the point where a Mars lander can be attempted on a Discovery budget. Then I found out that Pathfinder did it too: http://www.marsnews.com/missions/pathfinder/ That got me to wondering how much progress we've made in 20 years. I note that InSight should weigh about 350 kg--almost exactly the same as Pathfinder did.

A side-by-side comparison is a little tough, since InSight is about studying the interior of Mars while Pathfinder was focused on the surface. Also, the info on Insight is a little sketchy (from what I could find). A lot of it's derived from Phoenix, so that's a start I guess.

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- Paolo   InSight mission   Jan 7 2012, 08:29 PM
- - Greg Hullender   I was going to say I was amazed that we've rea...   Jan 7 2012, 09:33 PM
|- - vjkane   QUOTE (Greg Hullender @ Jan 7 2012, 01:33...   Jan 8 2012, 12:26 AM
- - nprev   Hmm. I read through the site & the poster, and...   Jan 8 2012, 01:47 AM
|- - vjkane   QUOTE (nprev @ Jan 7 2012, 05:47 PM) I re...   Jan 8 2012, 07:07 AM
|- - djellison   QUOTE (vjkane @ Jan 7 2012, 11:07 PM) If ...   Jan 8 2012, 05:11 PM
|- - vjkane   QUOTE (djellison @ Jan 8 2012, 09:11 AM) ...   Jan 8 2012, 06:08 PM
- - Greg Hullender   Oh I definitely love the idea of building new prob...   Jan 8 2012, 01:50 AM
- - Fran Ontanaya   Is there a big difference between this mission and...   Jan 8 2012, 03:12 PM
- - Phil Stooke   One additional point about cameras... it is essent...   Jan 8 2012, 05:32 PM
|- - vjkane   QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Jan 8 2012, 09:32 AM...   Jan 8 2012, 06:34 PM
- - Greg Hullender   Here's a completely different question: to get...   Jan 8 2012, 06:59 PM
|- - Drkskywxlt   QUOTE (Greg Hullender @ Jan 8 2012, 01:59...   Jan 8 2012, 07:34 PM
|- - ElkGroveDan   QUOTE (Greg Hullender @ Jan 8 2012, 10:59...   Jan 9 2012, 08:50 PM
- - djellison   You don't need a descent imager to exactly loc...   Jan 8 2012, 07:03 PM
- - Phil Stooke   But we may not have it in 2016. Almost certainly ...   Jan 8 2012, 07:23 PM
- - hendric   I think they're some work you can do with dire...   Jan 9 2012, 07:40 PM
- - stewjack   Warning I am not a geologist. My impression, when...   Jan 9 2012, 09:25 PM
- - antipode   QUOTE Too bad a pair of DS2 seismographs couldn...   Jan 10 2012, 02:44 AM
|- - PaulM   I assume that there is a mission assumption is tha...   Jan 10 2012, 03:34 PM
|- - djellison   QUOTE (PaulM @ Jan 10 2012, 07:34 AM) . I...   Jan 10 2012, 03:42 PM
|- - vikingmars   QUOTE (PaulM @ Jan 10 2012, 04:34 PM) I u...   Mar 28 2012, 11:03 AM
- - Drkskywxlt   I'm guessing the mission is more cost-limited ...   Jan 10 2012, 03:42 PM
- - Phil Stooke   A few new details about the mission, from Bruce Ba...   Mar 23 2012, 01:06 PM
- - MERovingian   Happy Day! http://www.washingtonpost.com/nati...   Aug 20 2012, 07:01 PM
- - Hungry4info   Awesome! Mars! I can't remember the la...   Aug 20 2012, 07:18 PM
- - Phil Stooke   Good one, Hungry! I would have liked any of ...   Aug 20 2012, 07:55 PM
- - Paolo   press release New NASA Mission to Take First Look ...   Aug 20 2012, 08:41 PM
- - Paolo   interesting... the German heat probe "mole...   Aug 20 2012, 09:24 PM
- - djellison   That's cool - PLUTO was an awesome and cunning...   Aug 20 2012, 09:26 PM
|- - SFJCody   Does seem like a shame that only one copy of this ...   Aug 21 2012, 05:25 AM
|- - gndonald   QUOTE (SFJCody @ Aug 21 2012, 01:25 PM) D...   Aug 21 2012, 10:57 AM
||- - MahFL   QUOTE (gndonald @ Aug 21 2012, 11:57 AM) ...   Aug 21 2012, 11:34 AM
|- - JRehling   Mars Geophysical network options with anywhere fro...   Aug 21 2012, 09:07 PM
- - Toma B   From Bruce Betts blog on PS... QUOTE The lander wi...   Aug 21 2012, 07:37 AM
|- - monty python   and BTW. Is there a word about where it should be ...   Aug 21 2012, 08:05 AM
|- - Gsnorgathon   Given the high elevation at Tharsis, I'd guess...   Aug 21 2012, 08:11 AM
- - Explorer1   Maybe Elysium instead? Oh, what I'd give to fi...   Aug 21 2012, 08:23 AM
- - antipode   I was thinking Elysium as well, but Elysium PLANIT...   Aug 21 2012, 10:09 AM
|- - MahFL   Forget pretty pics, the science is literally under...   Aug 21 2012, 10:37 AM
|- - Drkskywxlt   QUOTE (antipode @ Aug 21 2012, 06:09 AM) ...   Aug 21 2012, 10:56 AM
- - cIclops   Good news from NASA's Mars program at last...   Aug 21 2012, 11:35 AM
|- - pospa   QUOTE (cIclops @ Aug 21 2012, 01:35 PM) S...   Aug 21 2012, 11:55 AM
|- - Drkskywxlt   QUOTE (cIclops @ Aug 21 2012, 06:35 AM) G...   Aug 21 2012, 03:11 PM
- - centsworth_II   I don't know if there are other candidates. h...   Aug 21 2012, 12:19 PM
- - Phil Stooke   There was a poster on the landing site at LPSC in ...   Aug 21 2012, 03:00 PM
- - vjkane   A Universe Today article stated that the landing s...   Aug 21 2012, 11:31 PM
|- - Drkskywxlt   QUOTE (vjkane @ Aug 21 2012, 07:31 PM) In...   Aug 21 2012, 11:45 PM
|- - rlorenz   QUOTE (Drkskywxlt @ Aug 21 2012, 06:45 PM...   Sep 9 2012, 05:25 PM
- - NickF   I suppose that (re)flying the Planetary Society...   Aug 22 2012, 02:38 AM
|- - climber   QUOTE (NickF @ Aug 22 2012, 04:38 AM) I s...   Aug 22 2012, 06:52 AM
- - briv1016   Any word on a launch vehicle? An Atlas V seems ki...   Aug 22 2012, 06:46 AM
|- - Mongo   QUOTE (briv1016 @ Aug 22 2012, 07:46 AM) ...   Aug 22 2012, 04:32 PM
|- - SFJCody   QUOTE (Mongo @ Aug 23 2012, 02:32 AM) It ...   Aug 22 2012, 11:42 PM
- - Paolo   cool video on the German heat probe http://www.dlr...   Aug 22 2012, 07:33 AM
- - dvandorn   Remember too, if you start saying "Hey, with ...   Aug 23 2012, 12:51 AM
- - climber   Yep, I guess that the TPS microphone would be the ...   Aug 23 2012, 08:25 AM
- - briv1016   Taking another look at the animation video it appe...   Aug 23 2012, 08:53 AM
|- - centsworth_II   QUOTE (briv1016 @ Aug 23 2012, 03:53 AM) ...   Aug 23 2012, 12:50 PM
|- - stevesliva   QUOTE (briv1016 @ Aug 23 2012, 03:53 AM) ...   Aug 23 2012, 09:21 PM
- - antipode   QUOTE Any word on a launch vehicle? An Atlas V see...   Aug 24 2012, 08:35 AM
|- - SFJCody   Following on from the earlier active seismic exper...   Aug 25 2012, 05:02 AM
- - nprev   Couple things here to keep in mind: 1. F9 Heavy h...   Aug 25 2012, 05:17 AM
|- - SFJCody   QUOTE (nprev @ Aug 25 2012, 03:17 PM) Not...   Aug 25 2012, 05:27 AM
- - djellison   We already know from the fresh craters found by CT...   Aug 25 2012, 05:59 AM
|- - JRehling   There are a lot of issues on the deliberate-thump ...   Aug 28 2012, 04:44 AM
|- - JRehling   Here's a piece about the seismometer which wil...   Aug 29 2012, 11:35 PM
- - climber   There is something confusing to me. On January 17t...   Aug 27 2012, 01:59 PM
- - tolis   Hi All, On the subject of Phobos tides, one facto...   Aug 28 2012, 09:11 AM
- - Paolo   a few (small) pics of the seismometer on the blog ...   Aug 30 2012, 05:20 AM
- - Yooper   Hi! Does anyone have a link to the August 20 ...   Sep 5 2012, 01:52 PM
|- - arachnitect   QUOTE (Yooper @ Sep 5 2012, 08:52 AM) Hi...   Sep 8 2012, 04:01 PM
|- - Yooper   QUOTE (arachnitect @ Sep 8 2012, 11:01 AM...   Sep 9 2012, 10:00 PM
- - Yooper   Hello – two layperson questions about InSight’s se...   Sep 14 2012, 04:34 PM
|- - JRehling   QUOTE (Yooper @ Sep 14 2012, 09:34 AM) ho...   Sep 14 2012, 07:54 PM
|- - rlorenz   QUOTE (Yooper @ Sep 14 2012, 12:34 PM) Tw...   Sep 14 2012, 10:35 PM
|- - Yooper   Thanks! BTW, in a odd twist of timing, I just ...   Sep 21 2012, 10:40 AM
- - Explorer1   Apparently the general region for landing has been...   Apr 1 2013, 06:25 AM
- - Explorer1   From 16 down to 4. More detail on the exact requir...   Sep 4 2013, 08:53 PM
|- - MahFL   Why does the JPL article use "yards" ?   Sep 5 2013, 11:58 AM
- - Phil Stooke   Unfortunately they don't mention which four el...   Sep 4 2013, 09:17 PM
- - Phil Stooke   Because they are written for Americans. The origi...   Sep 5 2013, 01:16 PM
|- - SFJCody   I expect competition between UMSF regulars to see ...   Sep 5 2013, 03:02 PM
- - Explorer1   Launch vehicle + site chosen: An Atlas 5 from Vand...   Dec 20 2013, 09:11 AM
- - Paolo   a Vandenberg launch was also initially planned for...   Dec 20 2013, 09:26 AM
- - Greenish   I know there are others who know the orbital mecha...   Dec 20 2013, 06:27 PM
- - Paolo   the French space agency CNES has just published th...   Dec 30 2013, 09:01 PM
- - machi   It looks that InSight is now planned with color ca...   May 17 2014, 05:23 PM
|- - mcaplinger   QUOTE (machi @ May 17 2014, 10:23 AM) It ...   May 17 2014, 05:30 PM
|- - machi   Yes, that's more accurate but isn't ...   May 17 2014, 05:41 PM
|- - mcaplinger   QUOTE (machi @ May 17 2014, 10:41 AM) isn...   May 17 2014, 07:22 PM
- - Blue Sky   InSight appears to be focussed on deep structures ...   Jul 10 2014, 12:06 AM
- - Phil Stooke   For that you really want a mobile vehicle, not a s...   Jul 10 2014, 12:08 AM
- - James Sorenson   The ExoMars rover will have a GPR called WISDOM. A...   Jul 10 2014, 04:10 AM
- - B Bernatchez   InSight mission enters ATLO phase: http://www.jpl...   Nov 18 2014, 04:58 PM
- - Astro0   Landing site evaluation and spacecraft development...   Mar 5 2015, 02:12 AM
- - Paolo   the French space agency has delivered the qualific...   Apr 3 2015, 09:48 AM
- - Paolo   lots of nice hardware pictures of InSight undergoi...   May 27 2015, 07:06 PM
- - Explorer1   There's been no news about the Planetary Socie...   Jun 12 2015, 05:16 PM
- - djellison   It's not onboard.   Jun 12 2015, 06:32 PM
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