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When Phoenix Lands.. |
 May 25 2008, 08:04 PM
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the 1200 is good for me
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May 25 2008, 09:31 PM
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I tried doing a search for this question but did not have the patience to go through all the pages in the thread results. Isn't the area Phoenix will land once the site of a possible ocean?
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May 25 2008, 09:43 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 89 Joined: 27-August 05 From: Eccentric Mars orbit Member No.: 477 |
If there was an ocean on Mars, its bed is alomst the entire northern hemisphere. Phoenix is landing on its bed. There may have been a couple of kilometers depth at the point it lands.
Unrelated note: Phoenix landing site comes into view for the final time before entry at 23:27:30 UTC SCET (23:42:52 ERT). At this point the cruise stage has already been discarded and the spacecraft has turned to entry attitude. |
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May 25 2008, 09:51 PM
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QUOTE (kwan3217 @ May 25 2008, 10:43 PM)  If there was an ocean on Mars, its bed is alomst the entire northern hemisphere. Phoenix is landing on its bed. There may have been a couple of kilometers depth at the point it lands. Unrelated note: Phoenix landing site comes into view for the final time before entry at 23:27:30 UTC SCET (23:42:52 ERT). At this point the cruise stage has already been discarded and the spacecraft has turned to entry attitude. The site is completely covered with the ejector blanket of a nearby creator. It’s the reason why there are so few rocks on the landing site. So there is no chance of coming anywhere close to the level of the theoretical sea bed. |
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May 25 2008, 10:16 PM
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Everyone is now invited to join the EDL discussion
http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/index.php?showtopic=5157 -------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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