Philae landing on the nucleus of Comet 67P C-G |
Philae landing on the nucleus of Comet 67P C-G |
Sep 23 2014, 12:16 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1089 Joined: 19-February 05 From: Close to Meudon Observatory in France Member No.: 172 |
Now, it's time to open a new section devoted to the landing of the Philae lander itself on the nucleus of Comet 67P C-G. Also to answer better the earlier post, http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/index.p...st&p=212943 and for your information, here is the quick summary (as a "pdf" file) of the events that are expected to occur during landing on the nucleus and after : it's the timeschedule on which we are working to set up our EPO event in Paris. Sequence_ATTERRISSAGE10_UMSF.pdf ( 263.81K ) Number of downloads: 4623 The landing itself should occur around November 11th. We'll keep you informed |
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Sep 23 2014, 02:41 PM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10226 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
The idea of transmitting images during the descent has been considered before, even as far back as the Surveyor landings on the Moon, and including Phoenix on Mars (actually, Phoenix MARDI images were not to be transmitted live, just transferred into the flight computer, and even that was too much of a risk).
Every time it has been abandoned because of the number and complexity of other operations at the same time. Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
Also to be found posting similar content on https://mastodon.social/@PhilStooke Maps for download (free PDF: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/comm...Cartography.pdf NOTE: everything created by me which I post on UMSF is considered to be in the public domain (NOT CC, public domain) |
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Oct 28 2014, 02:24 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 107 Joined: 1-August 14 Member No.: 7227 |
The idea of transmitting images during the descent has been considered before, even as far back as the Surveyor landings on the Moon, and including Phoenix on Mars (actually, Phoenix MARDI images were not to be transmitted live, just transferred into the flight computer, and even that was too much of a risk). Every time it has been abandoned because of the number and complexity of other operations at the same time. Why can't they just use a separated and standalone camera to take snapshots during landing? If it works, that's fine, else, who cares? Is there a detailed 3d model of the landing site available for 3d printing? I already printed the comet model, but the landing site detailed 3d model would fit well close to it on my desktop. :-) |
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