MSL EDL Hardware, Its state & fate |
MSL EDL Hardware, Its state & fate |
Aug 7 2012, 06:17 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 46 Joined: 14-January 06 Member No.: 645 |
Looking at the HiRISE imagery of the descent stage, does the distribution of the debris field represent the disintegration of the stage from impact only, or is it possible that some or all of the 140+/- kilos of Hydrozine exploded and expanded the debris field? [I understand the darker albedo material is from below the surface]
Does the thin martian atmosphere contain enough oxygen to support combustion/explosion? [guessing No, but my chem is insufficient] Were the hydrazine cells sufficiently designed to survive impact intact? I couldn't find anything on the net or in the specs, any ideas? |
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Aug 8 2012, 08:55 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 26 Joined: 7-August 12 Member No.: 6485 |
I haven't seen anyone talk about this, and it wasn't mentioned in today's press conference, but forgive me if I've missed something.
There's a dot off to the right side of the heat shield in the full res MARDI image that was released. It seems quite sharp and doesn't correspond to anything in the HiRiSE ground images, so must be related to the capsule. Anyone have a guess as to what it is? |
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Aug 8 2012, 09:03 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3648 Joined: 1-October 05 From: Croatia Member No.: 523 |
Anyone have a guess as to what it is? I think it's a blemish in the camera. -------------------- |
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