MSL FAQ - The pool of questions |
MSL FAQ - The pool of questions |
Jun 1 2007, 03:11 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14434 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
Rob Manning and I swopped emails last night - and we think it might make sense to pool all the questions people have about MSL (and specifically MSL's EDL ) into one thread - and then answer as many as make sense either via a Q'n'A in the style of the previous ones I've done with Steve and Jim - or via Rob's typing fingers.
It'll be a few weeks till we sort this out - but submit-away until then Doug |
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Jun 1 2007, 11:35 PM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8785 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Okay, I got two:
1. How exactly is the MSL/crane separation sequence initiated? Does MSL have something like aircraft "weight-on-wheel" switches that tell the computer it's down, and therefore safe to cut the cords? 2. Is the crane in fact commanded immediately at separation to do a tilt & escape maneuver as shown in the animation? (In other words, since I gather it has no brains of its own, how is it told to vamoose instead of possibly hovering right over MSL until it runs out of fuel...?) -------------------- 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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