InSight Surface Operations, 26 Nov 2018- 21 Dec 2022 |
InSight Surface Operations, 26 Nov 2018- 21 Dec 2022 |
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Congratulations to the InSight team on a successful landing! We'll discuss the remainder of the mission here.
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Propguy will surely know more about this.
my guess: after landing, the propulsion system is "safed" by venting all the helium pressurization gas and only hydrazine remains. without helium, it's no longer possible to operate the thrusters. this is how the Surveyor lunar landers operated, IIRC just my guess. I am willing to be corrected |
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