When Phoenix Lands.. |
When Phoenix Lands.. |
Jan 24 2006, 06:05 PM
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Interplanetary Dumpster Diver Group: Admin Posts: 4404 Joined: 17-February 04 From: Powell, TN Member No.: 33 |
I have been wondering about something....given the performance of the MERs, if one or both survive this winter, is it not conceivable that they could be operational when Phoenix lands? It would, I believe, be the first landing on anything but the moon with other landers (other than parts of the same mission) still operational.
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Jul 13 2007, 07:31 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2922 Joined: 14-February 06 From: Very close to the Pyrénées Mountains (France) Member No.: 682 |
Emily confirms that there's a microphone attached with Mardi. I wonder if it can be used once on the ground even if Mardi itself will be of no use?
BTW, the landing day, May 25th 2008 is NOT a Mardi, it's a Dimanche instead -------------------- |
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Jul 13 2007, 09:25 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2517 Joined: 13-September 05 Member No.: 497 |
Emily confirms that there's a microphone attached with Mardi. I wonder if it can be used once on the ground even if Mardi itself will be of no use? There's a picture of the microphone at http://www.msss.com/phoenix/mardi/index.html so I don't think it was a big secret. MARDI can take perfectly good images of the surface from the height of the landing legs (and I think this might even be an area that the SSI and RAC can't see) and the microphone would work post-landing, but there are no plans to operate MARDI then. Recall that the PHX mission has a limited duration and the other instruments use up most if not all of its lifetime. -------------------- Disclaimer: This post is based on public information only. Any opinions are my own.
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Jul 13 2007, 11:25 PM
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Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 5172 Joined: 4-August 05 From: Pasadena, CA, USA, Earth Member No.: 454 |
There's a picture of the microphone at http://www.msss.com/phoenix/mardi/index.html so I don't think it was a big secret. Nope, it certainly wasn't a secret; in fact most of my information came from the mission press kit, which was posted on Monday. Cool that MARDI could be used to take a photo of what's under the lander! I'm not sure what value that would have -- but it would be cool. --Emily -------------------- My website - My Patreon - @elakdawalla on Twitter - Please support unmannedspaceflight.com by donating here.
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Jul 14 2007, 04:58 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 259 Joined: 23-January 05 From: Seattle, WA Member No.: 156 |
... Cool that MARDI could be used to take a photo of what's under the lander! I'm not sure what value that would have -- but it would be cool. --Emily Well, it might make polar-projected images of the landing site a bit more complete - no more black hole right in the middle! |
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