Another One Bites The (Red) Dust... - Galt's Gulch

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Another One Bites The (Red) Dust...

Posted by robgambrill 8 years, 1 month ago to Science

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Looks like the EXOMARS 2016 Lander didn't make it.

It appears the lander jettisoned it's parachute too early, fired it's thrusters too briefly, and then 19 seconds later stopped transmitting. Sadly, It has probably crashed...

SOURCE URL: https://audioboom.com/posts/5189490-preliminary-analysis-of-exomars-2016-schiaparelli-crash-landing-on-mars-meridiani-plenum-juno-safe-mode-bob-zimmerman-behindtheblack

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Posted by robgambrill 8 years, 1 month ago

Update: Caltech's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has spotted the wreckage on the surface.

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  Posted by diessos 8 years, 1 month ago
  
  yup... looks like a crash....
  
  http://m.esa.int/var/esa/storage/imag...
  
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    Posted by mminnick 8 years, 1 month ago
    
    A news flash I saw says the images show a black circle around the impact site. Interpreted to be Rocket fuel burn debris. Not a good sign at all.
    
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