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Mars Penetrator Probes, Brilliant Balance Masses & Other Ideas
Paolo
post Jan 14 2021, 04:53 PM
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well this is sad but not unexpected
https://twitter.com/NASAInSight/status/1349760462854909957

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One phase ends, and another begins…

Last weekend, the mole made a final attempt to dig farther underground on Mars. Even with all the steps we’ve taken to #SaveTheMole, it seems there’s just not enough friction in this soil to keep it moving downward.
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JRehling
post Jan 14 2021, 05:40 PM
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Ah, mole, we never had a chance to see the data you would have collected.

I hope we see a re-fly of a heat flow measurement experiment soon. I like the idea of multiple penetrators dropping from one entry vehicle, using momentum to enter the soil, and enough safety in numbers that one or more failures still lets us get one success.

This seems like something that could ride along with some future stationary lander, regardless of the lander's other functions.

https://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc1996/pdf/1452.pdf
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mcaplinger
post Feb 4 2021, 07:46 PM
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Mods: penetrator discussions have taken over several threads recently (off-topic; I'm as guilty as anyone) so perhaps a dedicated Mars penetrator thread could be created and this traffic moved.


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