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Nov 26 2011, 03:50 PM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8784 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Okay, we're off and running! Please post all comments relating to MSL's transit to Mars here.
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Jun 12 2012, 04:43 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 656 Joined: 20-April 05 From: League City, Texas Member No.: 285 |
My only real concern with MSL's EDL is the deployment on that cable. I've seen too many cases of variants of snagging occur during that sort of scenario -- case in point being the Shuttle-deployed tethered-satellite-system. I'm hoping no spool is involved in MSL, I'm envisioning something more like the stowed loops of tether as used in parachutes, designed to smoothly deploy without any intrinsic mechanism for snagging. Probably this mechanism has been well-tested, and won't be a problem.
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Jun 12 2012, 05:06 PM
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Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 5172 Joined: 4-August 05 From: Pasadena, CA, USA, Earth Member No.: 454 |
Probably this mechanism has been well-tested, and won't be a problem. That is what I would call a safe assumption.My impression is that this ("MSL is more dangerous") is a subjective conclusion because MSL EDL ***looks*** much more dynamic than MER. Someone really have to go into the details of each EDL sequence to make an objective assessment. I think it's also a basic fear of change.
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