Intuitive Machines IM-1 mission, CLPS mission with NASA and commercial payloads |
Intuitive Machines IM-1 mission, CLPS mission with NASA and commercial payloads |
Feb 4 2022, 03:11 AM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10193 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
I am starting a new thread for this mission which should fly this year.
Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
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Feb 24 2024, 04:10 AM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10193 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
"Looks like landing sideways is a trend for landers in 2024...good thing there's solar panels on multiple sides! How do they know it's a rock keeping it propped up, with no photos? "
The legs stick out at the bottom so if it was just resting on a flat surface and the legs were intact the body would be tilted down, with its intended top on the ground. But they have a measure of the gravity vector and also information on the position of the residual fuel in the tanks, which apparently tells them the body is horizontal. The model they showed had its head up on a rock, but he also said it might be that the legs are in a depression. Either could give a horizontal body. He said something about a leg hitting the rock and toppling over. When i think about the geometry of that it seems to work better if the legs hit the side of a crater and it falls over on the rim with the legs still in the crater. But all speculation until we get some pics. Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
Also to be found posting similar content on https://mastodon.social/@PhilStooke Maps for download (free PD: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/comm...Cartography.pdf NOTE: everything created by me which I post on UMSF is considered to be in the public domain (NOT CC, public domain) |
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