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: 8785 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 19 2020, 09:58 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2106 Joined: 13-February 10 From: Ontario Member No.: 5221 |
Unfortunately, just because something is physically possible, even with the Earth-based test model, does not mean it can be practically replicated on Mars.
If this was the first 90 sols of the mission in terms of power generation, and there were no other spacecraft requiring data relay and DSN time, (and we already knew the soil properties ahead of time!), things might be different. I know from OSIRIS-REx's drama with the sample collection that there are extenuating circumstances where emergency DSN time can be given, but HP3 is not like that. Add of course, February will be very busy again on the red planet. If the January hammering does not work, it may be time to throw in the towel. Mars hasn't chalked up a win in a few years, after all.... |
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