InSight Surface Operations, 26 Nov 2018- 21 Dec 2022 |
InSight Surface Operations, 26 Nov 2018- 21 Dec 2022 |
Nov 26 2018, 08:20 PM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8784 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Congratulations to the InSight team on a successful landing! We'll discuss the remainder of the mission here.
-------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Dec 10 2018, 12:14 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 816 Joined: 3-June 04 From: Brittany, France Member No.: 79 |
A small rock (center of image) seems to have been moved by retrorockets during landing and it left a track behind it.
But another rock on top right corner has not moved... Too heavy? Too far from rockets? I enhanced the contrast of the photo. -------------------- |
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Dec 10 2018, 04:30 PM
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Member Group: Admin Posts: 976 Joined: 29-September 06 From: Pasadena, CA - USA Member No.: 1200 |
A small rock (center of image) seems to have been moved by retrorockets during landing and it left a track behind it. But another rock on top right corner has not moved... Too heavy? Too far from rockets? ... The (cosine of the) angle between the thrust vector and surface normal also plays a big role. That can make quite a difference. Paolo -------------------- Disclaimer: all opinions, ideas and information included here are my own,and should not be intended to represent opinion or policy of my employer.
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