Lost landers from HiRISE, The next step |
Lost landers from HiRISE, The next step |
Jan 3 2007, 08:41 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 428 Joined: 21-August 06 From: Northern Virginia Member No.: 1062 |
Okay, we now have definitive pictures of VL1, 2, Spirit, Opportunity, and a Pathfinder coming up soon. So, now, what would the lost landers look like, starting with Beagle, MPL, and Mars 6, which will be the easiest to find of the landers. Just curious to hear your thoughts. Thanks!
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Jan 3 2007, 11:47 PM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8785 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Has anybody derived an estimate of the overall dust deposition rate yet based on the MRO VL1 & 2 observations? This might help to identify the 'lost' landers by providing contrast models, etc.
BTW, did all the Soviet landers use chutes (whether they deployed or not)? These seem to be the most detectable artifacts, generally speaking. I seem to recall that Mars 2 was a hard lander, but not sure if that was a cover story myth or not... -------------------- 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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Jan 4 2007, 12:31 AM
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Interplanetary Dumpster Diver Group: Admin Posts: 4404 Joined: 17-February 04 From: Powell, TN Member No.: 33 |
Has anybody derived an estimate of the overall dust deposition rate yet based on the MRO VL1 & 2 observations? This might help to identify the 'lost' landers by providing contrast models, etc. BTW, did all the Soviet landers use chutes (whether they deployed or not)? These seem to be the most detectable artifacts, generally speaking. I seem to recall that Mars 2 was a hard lander, but not sure if that was a cover story myth or not... It was a de facto hard lander. It wasn't supposed to be. It entered the atmosphere at an angle that was too steep, and the parachute never got a chance to deploy before impact. -------------------- |
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Jan 4 2007, 12:52 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2488 Joined: 17-April 05 From: Glasgow, Scotland, UK Member No.: 239 |
I wonder how visible the impact points of the DS2 landers would be?
Obviously, they were pretty small, but they may have kicked off something when they hit. Bob Shaw -------------------- Remember: Time Flies like the wind - but Fruit Flies like bananas!
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