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Spirit's landing more dramatic than first thought
Spaceflight Now ^
| 1/13/04
| William Harwood
Posted on 01/13/2004 4:41:54 PM PST by LibWhacker
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To: boris
I watched a show on tv that explained how this landing system works. It showed them testing it and developing it, and showed cool animations of the landing. Very nifty.
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01/13/2004 6:43:49 PM PST
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Huck
(Was that offensive? I hope that wasn't offensive.)
To: chimera
Yes! The Polar Lander. My mistake. I guess the next microphone to go to Mars is on the NetLander, scheduled to arrive at Mars in 2008, is that right? BTW, for some fun, check out the
Marsinator, the Martian sound simulator. :-)
To: brazucausa
Check out the link to the NASA animation I posted in #31. I was surprised to learn that if our lander had hit a sharp rock or boulder on the first bounce, a bag could've deflated, and that in turn, possibly could've ended Spirit's mission right then and there. I was unaware that so much had been left to chance! :-(
To: Howlin
Good discussion, thanks for the ping!
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01/13/2004 8:53:19 PM PST
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Ernest_at_the_Beach
(Davis is now out of Arnoold's Office , Bout Time!!!!)
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