Or “Make Mars great Again!”
I had to look at the progress of the Chinese rover. It is “parked” in orbit and will spend 3 months getting images of possible landing sites.
I guess that is one way to do it. It sounds like all of our landings (including the moon) were planned out from the very beginning. I guess this gives the Chinese some options without having our continuous satellite info from Mars. But it would also seem to have some limitations as they are already in an orbit.
For the sake of science I would like for them to succeed. But - it is China, so I hope they crash and burn. As long as that doesn’t release some weird contamination that they wanted to experiment with up there.
Actually, I hope that our rover finds their rover and kills it. That would send a message.
the Chinese rover. It is “parked” in orbit and will spend 3 months getting images of possible landing sites.
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If it takes them 3 months to find a parking place, then you can be assured they are up to something besides what they claim. 3 months does not reflect well on the CCP, since the Americans went straight there and landed. If something does not reflect well on China and the CCP, then they will be trouble at the launch site, unless of course there is some other plan which will glorify the CCP.
I guess that is one way to do it. It sounds like all of our landings (including the moon) were planned out from the very beginning.
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It really is quite an amazing bit of planning and navigation. The probe, on a direct flight from Earth to Mars, is adjusted in its flight trajectory on its approach Mars, and without orbiting the planet, instead directly descends for a landing. The calculations are so good, they can then land exactly at the coordinates chosen for the mission.
The orbits of the Earth and Mars, the velocity of the ship, the rotation of Mars. That’s a lot of math to calculate hitting the designated landing.