Zhurong Lander/Rover, Surface Operations at Utopia Planitia |
Zhurong Lander/Rover, Surface Operations at Utopia Planitia |
May 14 2021, 05:05 AM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8784 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Per this source, landing currently scheduled for 14 May/2300 UTC. Please post any relevant information and updates here.
GO ZHURONG!!!!! -------------------- 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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May 17 2021, 08:15 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 149 Joined: 18-June 08 Member No.: 4216 |
As we seem to be on standby waiting for the images, do we know anything about rock abundance on the landing site?
The VL2 site, also on Utopia though quite some distance away to the NE, looked awfully rocky to my non-expert eye. Is VL2 a good analogue for the sort of terrain we should be expecting to see? |
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May 18 2021, 12:49 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1645 Joined: 5-March 05 From: Boulder, CO Member No.: 184 |
VL2 was near the crater Mie though I'm unsure if that directly contributed to the rocks we see. There is more discussion here:
http://www.planetary.brown.edu/pdfs/3555.pdf As we seem to be on standby waiting for the images, do we know anything about rock abundance on the landing site? The VL2 site, also on Utopia though quite some distance away to the NE, looked awfully rocky to my non-expert eye. Is VL2 a good analogue for the sort of terrain we should be expecting to see? -------------------- Steve [ my home page and planetary maps page ]
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