Beagle 2 in HiRISE, Possible Targets |
Beagle 2 in HiRISE, Possible Targets |
Feb 14 2007, 05:04 PM
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Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 5172 Joined: 4-August 05 From: Pasadena, CA, USA, Earth Member No.: 454 |
EDIT: Moved these posts from the Feb 14 HiRISE Release thread to here to collect all Beagle 2 search related stuff in one place.
I'm downloading them now too -- guess I can't blog about them until I've examined them very carefully! For a bit of history on the search, Here's a blog entry I wrote about this spot a while ago Here's the MOC team's take on that spot And here's the BBC page with the Beagle 2 team's take on it EDIT: and here's my updated blog entry with links to the Beagle 2 landing ellipse images split up into 40-MB chunks. --Emily -------------------- My website - My Patreon - @elakdawalla on Twitter - Please support unmannedspaceflight.com by donating here.
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Feb 15 2007, 11:15 AM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14434 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
Depends how much of the EDL sequence worked.
Burnt up during entry : Nothing on ground Survived re-entry but dead on arrival : that estimated crater size Main Chute deployed but no airbag inflation - Large chute, probably a small 'splat' mark nearby. Chute deployed - airbags inflated but B2 died on impact - Large Chute, one large composite airbag mess of all 3 bags. Everything worked but B2 didn't open and deploy - Large chute, three airbag lobes, and an unopened lander would look fairly similar to the heatshield alone I would guess. HOWEVER - that would suggest some sort of failure after a great landing but before deployment and I find that a hard scenario to believe. I think you're probably reading too much into a probably imaging artifact - BUT - it's certainly on the list of 'hmm - interesting' Also - be carefull of rotating things. I set the lighting in that simulation to match the average lighting for HiRISE looking at near equatorial sites. I've not adjusted it to exactly match the parameters of the image we're looking at - but it's there or there abouts. Rotating things puts the shadow in a different place etc etc. Doug |
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Feb 15 2007, 11:31 AM
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Special Cookie Group: Members Posts: 2168 Joined: 6-April 05 From: Sintra | Portugal Member No.: 228 |
I think you're probably reading too much into a probably imaging artifact - BUT - it's certainly on the list of 'hmm - interesting' Yes, probably...as usual... I'll just let the masters work... -------------------- "Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied, "If you seek for Eldorado!"
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