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 18 2021, 01:42 AM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10172 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
We know the area is much less rocky than VL2 - HiRISE makes that very clear (though HiRISE coverage doesn't yet reach the exact landing site). And for a rover that's good. No small rover could cope with the VL2 site. Mie's ejecta does reach the VL2 site (a large ejecta lobe is to the south) and probably contributes many of the rocks.
Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
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May 18 2021, 05:45 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1089 Joined: 19-February 05 From: Close to Meudon Observatory in France Member No.: 172 |
We know the area is much less rocky than VL2 - HiRISE makes that very clear (though HiRISE coverage doesn't yet reach the exact landing site). And for a rover that's good. No small rover could cope with the VL2 site. Mie's ejecta does reach the VL2 site (a large ejecta lobe is to the south) and probably contributes many of the rocks. Phil Agree with you Phil. It's not because the Chinese land in 'Utopia' that the landscape will look the same like the one revealed by VL2 Utopia is a very vast plain with various geological units, and at the latitude of VL2 (48°N), it is mostly made of a permafrost (ice-rich soil) below a ~ 25 - 30 cm layer of dry sediments. =>> My guess is that the Zhurong landing site at 25°N will be very flat with small rocks and pebbles (thus, much, much less rocky than VL2), and will look like the InSight landing site, but with some spaced-apart dunes and low-lying crater rims. For sure, this site is the safest possible for testing landing technologies and a first try. |
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