RE: Mars Rover Launch
July 30, 2020 at 7:20 pm
(This post was last modified: July 30, 2020 at 7:20 pm by Fireball.)
(July 30, 2020 at 1:11 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:(July 30, 2020 at 12:42 pm)Anomalocaris Wrote: Actually, the Phoenix lander of 2007 also carried a microphone with one of its cameras. NASA never actually turn either the microphone Or the camera on during the entire mission.
In the novel Watney’s supplies needed a Chinese booster to get into space.
Incidentally there is also a Chinese rover currently on its way to Mars. It was launched days ago and will arrive at Mars within days of the NASA rover. The Chinese rover is unusual in that the landing site is not selected before launch. Apparently the orbiter is suppose to spend 6 month in orbit about Mars looking for a suitable landing site before sending the rover down.
The UAE also have an orbiter on the way.
But I’m actually more interested in Ingenuity than in the rover. Assuming the mission beats the almost 50% failure rate for Mars probes, it’ll be intriguing to see how well a helicopter performs on Mars.
Boru
That helicopter is going to have an interesting set of rotors. Guess I'll have to go do some looking around. Now that I'm retired I spend very little time thinking about the aerospace industry. I guess 28 years in the business left me a bit burnt out.
If you get to thinking you’re a person of some influence, try ordering somebody else’s dog around.