Perseverance Launch & Cruise |
Perseverance Launch & Cruise |
Jul 22 2020, 06:29 PM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8784 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Word today that the MMRTG has been installed on the rover, so seems like a good time to start the launch thread. Launch currently scheduled for 30 Jul, 2-hr window opening at 1150 GMT.
GO PERSEVERANCE!!! -------------------- 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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Feb 12 2021, 07:34 AM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10172 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
Not a great idea because they want to minimize the time it takes for the 'fetch' rover to pick up the cache. If the tubes are set down all along the traverse the fetch rover has to drive the whole traverse length to get them and then get back to the return vehicle. With the two cache system they decide which cache is best (almost certainly the second one) and go for that, land as close as possible and do a quick trip to collect it. In fact the only real reason for the first cache is insurance against a catastrophic failure of the rover before the second cache can be set down.
Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
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