Posted on 10/20/2016 8:10:01 AM PDT by BenLurkin
Schiaparelli was scheduled to touch down on the Red Planet Wednesday at 10:48 a.m. EDT (1448 GMT). But the spacecraft's handlers could not confirm a successful landing, and were left waiting on a signal. Meanwhile, Schiaparelli's mother ship, the Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO), successfully entered orbit around Mars.
Schiaparelli had been programmed to follow a demanding 6-minute landing sequence that would see the capsule come to a halt from about 13,000 mph (21,000 km/h).
The first phases of this sequence went according to plan, Andrea Accomazzo, head of ESA's solar and planetary missions, said at the news conference from ESA's operations center in Darmstadt, Germany.
The lander sailed through the upper layers of the Martian atmosphere as expected, and its supersonic parachute deployed on time — important indications that "the heat shield has worked flawlessly," Accomazzo said. But the ejection of the back heat shield and parachute occurred earlier than planned, he added.
"Following this phase, the lander has definitely not behaved exactly as we expected," Accomazzo said
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Regarding Mars, this seems to happen a lot. It appears there are areas we are allowed to see and areas we are not.
Regarding Mars, this seems to happen a lot. It appears there are areas we are allowed to see and areas we are not.
It seems that way, no?
We lost our Martian rocket ship
The high paid spokesman said
Looks like that silly rocket ship
Has lost it’s cone-shaped head
We spent ninety jillion dollars
Tryin’ to get a look at Mars
I hear universal laughter
Ringing out among the stars
the Little Green Guys like their privacy!
Marvin the Martian is one of my favorite Looney Tunes characters. I still use him as a screensaver occasionally.
Darmstadt, we have a problem.
it’s part of the conspiracy to rig the election for hillary. that lander was going to vote for trump!
Cue the “I am not saying it’s Aliens but it’s Aliens” meme.
BenLurkin,
Wake up! You hit the snooze button and fell asleep again.
It is all propaganda.
They are lying to you.
They want you to keep sleeping.
They do NOT want you to know the truth.
It seems that way, no?
It probably doesn’t help that their lander was built by Fiat. lol
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