Kerbal Kountdown!!!!

[smjjames]

the dates dont line up...

the ESA have a probe named EVE

Maybe it's not the dates that's the clue?

As for EVE, you mean this one: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_Entry_Probe ? It was cancelled.

[Robotengineer]

EVE, Environmental Visual Enhancements?

[Hanuman]

Venera 9?

Just flinging metaphorical darts at the metaphorical dartboard and seeing what sticks.

An attempt at googling (which thinks mares is meant to be mars) brings up stuff about horses, the goddess venus, and some other wierd stuff.

That's gotta be it. From that Wikipedia page the Mission Duration for Venera 9 was 200 days.

So there's that and as said earlier the spacecraft was designated 4V-1 No. 660.

[EladDv]

i know just mentioning

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still 8.5 clues?

[federicoaa]

MY wild guess is that if you add a 't' to mares you get "martes", which is tuesday in spanish, so release next week?

[smjjames]

Oh hey, this:

"A system of circulating fluid was used to distribute the heat load. This system, plus pre-cooling prior to entry, permitted operation of the lander for 53 minutes after landing"

Coincidence? That's how long the lander lasted before succumbing to the heat.

[Frybert]

Further the surface payload of Venera 9 was 660 kg.

[Robotengineer]

I think everything points to Venera 9.

[smjjames]

Also, can someone check if the landing site coordinates are close to 31.01°N 291.64°E ? Because Venera 9 landed within 150km of those coords.

[Hanuman]

Yeah, that's too many coincidences to not be purposeful.

[Frybert]

Mission duration 200 days

[soulsource]

Let's continue the Venera 9 thought. Afair 1.0 will have a new temperature/heat system. Could that hint that the atmosphere of Eve will be hotter in 1.0? Dangerously hot?

[smjjames]

What's 291 degrees E in KSPs coordinate system? The latitude looks close.

Though it may be on the opposite side of the planet from our view.

[Alshain]

So summary

Venera 9

Mission to Venus (what Eve is an analogue of)

Lasted 200 days.

Designation 660.

660 kg surface payload.

Lasted 53 minutes after landing.

Yep, too many coincidences.

[J.Random]

Nah, it wouldn't be 11, 10, tomorrow... would it?

Hmm...

Unless it's binary.

[smjjames]

Can someone check the coordinates? The latitude looks about right.....

[h4didact]

Unless it's binary.

If it's binary, release date is Monday. April 20th.

[smjjames]

Maybe the .5 clue is the okayish longitude but screwed up latitude.

[Robotengineer]

So summary

Venera 9

Mission to Venus (what Eve is an analogue of)

Lasted 200 days.

Designation 660.

660 kg surface payload.

Lasted 53 minutes after landing.

Yep, too many coincidences.

That's only 6 though.

[Frybert]

That's only 6 though.

Inclination 29.5 degrees

Eccentricity 0.89002

Anyone able to get a screen cap of an Orbit like that around Eve?

[smjjames]

Lets look at the orbiter guys, has to be another clue.

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Inclination 29.5 degrees

Eccentricity 0.89002

Anyone able to get a screen cap of an Orbit like that around Eve?

I can try.....

[Alshain]

That's only 6 though.

Do we have to find them all? It's Venera 9

[Robotengineer]

There's also two debris craft, the launcher was a Proton-K/D, which had three stages, presumably the second and third stages made it to orbit to become debris?

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Do we have to find them all? It's Venera 9

We don't have to, it would just be cool if we found them all.

Edited April 18, 2015 by Robotengineer

[Alshain]

We don't have to, it would just be cool if we found them all.

Ok, well if you add that EnVision is another proposed Venus mission. That's 7, so you have 1 1/2 left to go.

MARES is a muscular atrophy device. Not sure how that ties in.

[smjjames]

I am currently prepping a mission for EVE.