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Dust Devils at Landing Site
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post May 7 2008, 01:47 PM
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What effect, if any, will the dust devils have on the landing of Phoenix? Do they pose any threat?
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post May 7 2008, 03:12 PM
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That statistical likelihood of Phoenix being near a dust devil during landing is so close to zero as being not worth considering.

Even if it WERE to encounter one during landing - it would be during terminal decent under the thrusters, and to be honest, I can't imagine it having much, if any, impact on vehicle dynamics.

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post May 8 2008, 11:48 AM
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QUOTE (djellison @ May 7 2008, 04:12 PM) *
That statistical likelihood of Phoenix being near a dust devil during landing is so close to zero as being not worth considering.


Hey Doug where are you? We're live on spacEurope now and your (and all of you guys...) questions are certainly required... wink.gif


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- pioneer   Dust Devils at Landing Site   May 7 2008, 01:47 PM
- - djellison   That statistical likelihood of Phoenix being near ...   May 7 2008, 03:12 PM
|- - ustrax   QUOTE (djellison @ May 7 2008, 04:12 PM) ...   May 8 2008, 11:48 AM
- - dvandorn   Also, dust devils are *not* ubiquitous across the ...   May 7 2008, 03:21 PM
- - elakdawalla   oDoug, pioneer should probably have posted links t...   May 7 2008, 03:32 PM
- - dvandorn   Interesting! Says something about the surface...   May 7 2008, 04:47 PM
- - Stu   Hmmm... might mean some interesting sky effects.. ...   May 8 2008, 06:59 AM

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