Curiosity Rover Stalled By Sandy Trap On Mars' 'Hidden Valley'

designntrend.com ^ | Aug, 19, 2014, 02:53 PM | Mary Nichols ,

[BenLurkin]

The 1-ton Curiosity rover had been heading for Mount Sharp - a 3.4-mile-high (5.5 kilometers) mountain in the center of Mars' Gale Crater - via 'Hidden Valley' - a low-lying sandy landscape about the length of a football field.

However, Curiosity turned back shortly after entering the valley's northeastern end earlier this month after finding that the sand surprisingly slippery, NASA officials said.

'We need to gain a better understanding of the interaction between the wheels and Martian sand ripples, and Hidden Valley is not a good location for experimenting,' Curiosity project manager Jim Erickson, of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, said in a statement.

The mission team is now assessing possible alternative routes that would take Curiosity north of the valley.

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[Neidermeyer]

JPL engineers
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......have had more failures than successes in the last 2 decades

[NorthMountain]

JPL engineers *********** ......have had more failures than successes in the last 2 decades

ROFL!!!!!

You actually believe that, don't you?

[Neidermeyer]

You actually believe that, don’t you?
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Their successes must be measured by the quantity and quality of Muslim outreach achieved... They should have consulted the Iranians ,, I’m sure they know how to drive in sand.

[NorthMountain]

Thanks very much for that comment ... tells me all I need to know about your other comments.

'bye ...