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Is it justified that ESA is pushing to launch Rosalind Franklin even after Schiaparelli landing failed? [closed]
As far as I am aware, ESA has not achieved a successful martian landing yet. Why is it still a good idea to try with full-scale rover, weighting more than Opportunity and Spirit (though less than ...
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Insight on EDM Schiaparelli's IMU error and subsequent failed landing
Read this SpaceNews article which states,'1 second of Inertial Measurement error' caused the devastation in the Schiaparelli's landing sequence, causing it to free fall for 3.7 kms. What is exactly ...
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What are transonic oscillations (wrist mode) and would Schiaparelli have been transonic at 2 to 4 km altitude?
edit: Considering that the recent (23-Nov-2016) ESA update suggests that a saturation of the rotational sensors in the IMU may have set off a series of miscalculations leading to mission loss, the ...
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Was the time of Schiaparelli's landing chosen specifically so the Giant Meter Wave Radiotelescope could listen?
The ESA blog post Listening to an Alien Landing describes the plan to monitor a UHF beacon transmitted by Schiaparelli during it's upcoming descent and landing on Mars (2016-10-19 about 14:45 UT). The ...
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