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InSite Mission to Mars

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  • #32
    troyzer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,170 ✭✭✭troyzer


    JupiterKid wrote: »
    The Cassini/Huygens mission to Saturn was a joint NASA/ESA effort was was a great success - however both ESS's attempts to land on Mars - Beagle 2 and Schiparelli - failed and I would be qite concerned for thier upcoming ExoMars rover mission.

    Any joint NASA/ESA Mars venture would use NASA mission control and Mars EDL technology so I would be much more confident of success.

    Beagle 2 wasn't the ESA, it was a private British mission. Schiaparelli did fail but of the 56 missions to Mars, 22 have failed.

    It's just really, really hard to send a probe to Mars but we're getting better at it. Schiaparelli was probably a software failure which hopefully won't happen again. I'm not really concerned with the ESA from that perspective, I don't think they're less competent than NASA.

    The Mars Climate Orbiter has to be the single most embarassing Mars mission disaster to date.

    I agree on the ESA having a weak public image. Rosetta got a lot of buzz but that's the only one I can really think of. Public apathy with space is something all space agencies have a problem with but the ESA has a pretty big budget and needs to be visible.


  • #33
    JupiterKid
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 14,088 Mod ✭✭✭✭JupiterKid


    In hindsight, it was incredible luck that both Vikings safely landed on Mars over 40 years ago. After all - theywere NASA's first attempts at a Mars landing.

    It it said that there weren't more Mars missions for over 16 years becuse Viking was such a success.


  • #34
    JupiterKid
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    Seismometer has now been fully deployed by the robotic arm of a InSight, a month earlier than planned.

    D000M0025_598746480EDR_F0000_0563M_.PNG


  • #35
    JupiterKid
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 14,088 Mod ✭✭✭✭JupiterKid


    HP3 device deployed and the heat probe mole has started drilling.

    But there's a problem: the mole has reached a pretty hard material just 35 cm down. It is designed to reach a maximin depth of 5 metres and needs at least 2 metres to get any sort of decent heat flow data.

    Hope this can be sorted out...

    https://goo.gl/images/D7vSmN


  • #36
    Ultimate Seduction
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,463 ✭✭✭Ultimate Seduction


    Any news on this ?


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  • #37
    Ultimate Seduction
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    Mars Quake detected!!

    https://twitter.com/NASAInSight/status/1120768743284469760?s=19


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