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 May 17 2014, 07:22 PM
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QUOTE (machi @ May 17 2014, 10:41 AM)  isn't "If this program is successful and on time" true for every planned mission after all?  True, but usually if they explicitly say this, it's code for "probably won't happen." -------------------- Disclaimer: This post is based on public information only. Any opinions are my own.
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 Jul 10 2014, 12:06 AM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 57 Joined: 20-January 12 From: Florida Member No.: 6317 |
InSight appears to be focussed on deep structures and the core. All the other landers look down only a few centimeters.
Is anything in planning to examine the top few tens of meters, perhaps by ground penetrating radar? I am not so interested in how Mars got the way it is, but in locating good spots for human development. For example, empty lava tubes or accessible aquifers. |
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Jul 10 2014, 12:08 AM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10146 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
For that you really want a mobile vehicle, not a static lander. So not on Insight, but I think GPR has been considered for future missions. One day we'll probably see it.
Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
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Jul 10 2014, 04:10 AM
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The ExoMars rover will have a GPR called WISDOM. Although DAN on Curiosity isn't a GPR, AFAIK it kind of acts like one, exploring the water content in hydrated minerals as well as observing it in the liquid or ice states to a depth of a few feet as the rover drives.
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Nov 18 2014, 04:58 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 51 Joined: 31-December 10 From: Earth Member No.: 5589 |
InSight mission enters ATLO phase: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=4377
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Mar 5 2015, 02:12 AM
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Landing site evaluation and spacecraft development... update
http://www.nasa.gov/jpl/insight/single-sit...r/#.VPe6TbEWK_Q |
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Apr 3 2015, 09:48 AM
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the French space agency has delivered the qualification model of its seismometer to JPL (in French) http://www.cnes.fr/web/CNES-fr/6115-commun...e.php?item=9796
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May 27 2015, 07:06 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1729 Joined: 3-August 06 From: 43° 35' 53" N 1° 26' 35" E Member No.: 1004 |
lots of nice hardware pictures of InSight undergoing tests
http://insight.jpl.nasa.gov/newsdisplay.cf...e_News_ID=37975 |
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Jun 12 2015, 05:16 PM
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There's been no news about the Planetary Society managing to getting that microphone on board, has there?
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Jun 12 2015, 06:32 PM
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It's not onboard.
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Jun 12 2015, 08:22 PM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10146 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
But it will be accompanied by two cute little cubesats:
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/cubesat/missions/marco.php Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
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Aug 19 2015, 01:16 AM
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Send your name to Mars aboard the NASA InSight lander:
http://mars.nasa.gov/participate/send-your-name/insight/ The deadline is September 8 (midnight, ET) -------------------- 2011 JPL Tweetup photos: http://www.rich-parno.com/aa_jpltweetup.html
http://human-spaceflight.blogspot.com |
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Dec 11 2015, 07:17 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2079 Joined: 13-February 10 From: Ontario Member No.: 5221 |
Instrument leak problem identified and fixed: still go for launch!
http://www.space.com/31326-nasa-insight-ma...sensor-fix.html |
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Dec 11 2015, 06:14 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1582 Joined: 14-October 05 From: Vermont Member No.: 530 |
QUOTE (Explorer1 @ Dec 11 2015, 02:17 AM) Instrument leak problem identified and fixed: still go for launch! I was assuming the latter, but it's great to hear the former! Fabrication snafu, not a design error. |
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Dec 13 2015, 06:18 PM
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If you follow the development side of planetary exploration long enough (especially the books on missions later written by insiders), last minute hiccups like this are common. In this case, it looks like rigorous testing did its job and found a problem to be fixed. Whew!
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