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To: BenLurkin

Did they lose the lander ?


5 posted on 11/26/2014 4:12:51 PM PST by Patton@Bastogne
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To: Patton@Bastogne

That or lost track of it.


7 posted on 11/26/2014 4:14:44 PM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: Patton@Bastogne

Not lost exactly. Just hoping it will get enough sunlight to be operational when it gets closer to the sun.


9 posted on 11/26/2014 4:23:34 PM PST by cripplecreek (You can't half ass conservatism.)
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To: Patton@Bastogne; BenLurkin; hosepipe

IIRC, the lander bounced because the harpoons didn’t fire and it fell in to a crevice where the solar panels couldn’t receive sunlight.

They got about 90 minutes of science out of it.


12 posted on 11/26/2014 4:25:15 PM PST by Crazieman (Article V or National Divorce. The only solutions now.)
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To: Patton@Bastogne

They think the lander bounced twice and ended up on its side in a canyon where it is getting very little light to recharge its batteries.

It was able to send quite a bit of data before the batteries died, and they are hoping that as it gets closer the increased amount of light reaching its solar cells will re-energize the machine and it will start collecting and transmitting data again.

Still, even landing the thing was an amazing feat, and the little data they got is still far more than we knew beforehand.


13 posted on 11/26/2014 4:25:21 PM PST by Don W (To laugh, perhaps to dream...)
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To: Patton@Bastogne
Did they lose the lander ?

The lander harpoon spike failed to fire, so the lander bounced 3 times (in very low gravity) and they aren't really sure exactly where it is.

It is too small to be 'resolved' in the images coming back from the Rosetta Stone.

14 posted on 11/26/2014 4:25:26 PM PST by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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