InSight mission |
InSight mission |
Jan 7 2012, 08:29 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1729 Joined: 3-August 06 From: 43° 35' 53" N 1° 26' 35" E Member No.: 1004 |
the GEMS Discovery finalist has been renamed InSight and now has its own website: http://insight.jpl.nasa.gov/
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Aug 20 2012, 09:26 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14448 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
That's cool - PLUTO was an awesome and cunning little piece of kit.
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Aug 21 2012, 05:25 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 813 Joined: 8-February 04 From: Arabia Terra Member No.: 12 |
Does seem like a shame that only one copy of this spacecraft will fit into the Discovery cost envelope. A seismometer network would provide some very interesting data.
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Aug 21 2012, 10:57 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 212 Joined: 19-July 05 Member No.: 442 |
Does seem like a shame that only one copy of this spacecraft will fit into the Discovery cost envelope. A seismometer network would provide some very interesting data. I agree, three landings would give them the chance to use earthquakes & impacts to probe the interior of Mars in the same way Apollo allowed us to determine what was underneath the surface of the Moon. As to the suggestion that they fit something like the weather mast used on Phoenix, they'd also need a camera to monitor it. |
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Aug 21 2012, 11:34 AM
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Forum Contributor Group: Members Posts: 1374 Joined: 8-February 04 From: North East Florida, USA. Member No.: 11 |
I agree, three landings would give them the chance to use earthquakes & impacts to probe the interior of Mars in the same way Apollo allowed us to determine what was underneath the surface of the Moon. As to the suggestion that they fit something like the weather mast used on Phoenix, they'd also need a camera to monitor it. New techniques don't require 3 landers, they can do the science with one, thats why they have been given the go ahead for the mission. |
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