Steve Squyres Comments On Msl |
Steve Squyres Comments On Msl |
Dec 21 2005, 03:59 AM
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At the afternoon seminar on Dec 12, 2005 at the Hayden Planetarium, Steve Squyres also talked a little about MSL (he is a member of MSL's review board). I apologise if some of these notes are redundant in this forum:
- MSL's skycrane technology will be tested via a physical simulator in addition to computer simulations; quite an elaborate setup is being constructed for this purpose at JPL. - There will be no "local" landing control, i.e. if unlucky, MSL could land right on top of a rock. - The re-entry capsule's center of gravity will be offset from the geometric center and thus dynamic steering (a la Apollo) will be possible - and indeed required, to meet the much smaller landing ellipse [10km instead of 50km I think he said?]. Airbag |
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