"..6 months to get to Mars....8 if you depart from Newark internation"
Posted on 05/05/2018 7:30:17 AM PDT by hapnHal
NASA's Mars InSight rover is on its way to the red planet. The Atlas V rocket carrying the rover into space launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base at 4:05 a.m. on Saturday, May 5.
Video
http://www.ksby.com/story/38119490/rocket-carrying-mars-rover-launches-from-vandenberg-afb
Did they check the units used by all of the s/w modules in their on-board computers?
Inch, mm, same diff...
“Nov. 10, 1999: Metric Math Mistake Muffed Mars Meteorology Mission. 1999: A disaster investigation board reports that NASA’s Mars Climate Orbiter burned up in the Martian atmosphere because engineers failed to convert units from English to metric.”
"..6 months to get to Mars....8 if you depart from Newark internation"
I take hugh pride in NASA missions coming back.
To see NASA turning away from a climate change hoax “research” center pumping out fake analysis to fit Obama’s agenda back to space exploration makes me really happy.
Inch, mm, same diff...
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Close enough for government work.
Meh. A yard and a meter are about the same. Close enough.
ETA late November baring ATC traffic delays.
NASA’s Mars InSight rover is on its way to the red planet. The Atlas V rocket carrying the rover into space launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base at 4:05 a.m. on Saturday, May 5.
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The first interplanetary mission from the West coast.
I read that it was due to launch date availability and the rocket having enough power to compensate for the high inclination orbit.
Agreed. I finally toured Kennedy Space Center recently. I sat on bench for an hour looking at the massive Saturn 5 engines, just trying to realize what I was seeing.
Wrong. Clementine was launched to the Moon from Vandy in January, 1994.
I don’t think it’s a rover.
The Moon isn’t a planet.
Since this launch was made from California, I’m wondering if Governor Moonbeam is requiring NASA to get MARS drilling permits. I understand that protesters were complaining about possible MARS contamination issues.
Since this launch was made from California, I’m wondering if Governor Moonbeam is requiring NASA to get MARS drilling permits. I understand that protesters were complaining about possible MARS contamination issues.
Pedantry, as I might have expected.
Atlas was designed over 50 years ago. Good designs stay in style.
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