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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Feb 8 2022, 05:43 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2091 Joined: 13-February 10 From: Ontario Member No.: 5221 |
Vertical/tilted panels work fine on the Moon (see concept art of the various lunar south pole rovers being planned/built, which have panels on the sides or sticking up like sails to benefit from the low sun angle at those latitudes). The trouble is once an atmosphere is introduced, dust can settle in almost any direction.
Such a design might be of benefit for a mission at the Martian poles, but as Phoenix taught, those regions have a much bigger long-term limit on lander lifetime than dust on the panels! |
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