InSight launching in 2018

[SuperFastJellyfish]

Some good news, and some interesting science from Insight:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited March 20, 2020 by SuperFastJellyfish

[cubinator]

Wow, that's pretty recent for lava flows!

[Nightside]

They’re going to need a bigger drill!

[Scotius]

On 3/20/2020 at 3:07 AM, cubinator said:

Wow, that's pretty recent for lava flows!

About 10 millions of years ago? Yesterday in geological terms! Good old Mars is still hiding surprises

[Nightside]

37 minutes ago, Scotius said:

About 10 millions of years ago? Yesterday in geological terms! Good old Mars is still hiding surprises

We just need to park a bigger moon there to  stir it up a bit.

[Scotius]

Drag Ceres into Martian orbit. It's smaller than our Moon, but Mars is smaller than Earth too. Then drop a TON of ice comets to thicken the atmosphere and get hydrosphere going. Then it's smooth sailing towards the Blue Mars. We just need to figure out Step 1.

[Dfthu]

NASA’s InSight lander on Mars is at risk of dying - Deseret News

Dust has covered the solar panels

[JcoolTheShipbuilder]

5 minutes ago, Dfthu said:

NASA’s InSight lander on Mars is at risk of dying - Deseret News

Dust has covered the solar panels

Hmm if only it had a space grade broom to brush dust off the panels...

[Dfthu]

6 minutes ago, JcoolTheShipbuilder said:

Hmm if only it had a space grade broom to brush dust off the panels...

I mean surely it wouldn’t be too hard to have some sort of rubber thing on magnetic rails to push it off

[kerbiloid]

A toothbrush on a toy motor. 
Would 1 USD be enough?

[Lewie]

Oh boy......this is sad, really. Not quite like Oppy....but still like it. Let’s hope insight will pull through.

Edited April 20, 2021 by Lewie

[Spaceman.Spiff]

Oh geez... I hope InSight makes it through.

That lander has had a rough few years.

[SunlitZelkova]

An idea of what that looks like on Earth- https://www.usgs.gov/media/images/damage-cushing-oklahoma-magnitude-50-earthquake-2016

[JoeSchmuckatelli]

On 5/10/2022 at 11:10 PM, SunlitZelkova said:

An idea of what that looks like on Earth- https://www.usgs.gov/media/images/damage-cushing-oklahoma-magnitude-50-earthquake-2016

I know you know this - but so much of earthquake damage depends on the local terrain.  (plus distance etc) 

 

I've been in 5s that really shook and some that barely registered 

[SunlitZelkova]

18 hours ago, JoeSchmuckatelli said:

I know you know this - but so much of earthquake damage depends on the local terrain.  (plus distance etc) 

 

I've been in 5s that really shook and some that barely registered 

*can look like 

[Gargamel]

 

[Scotius]

Shows the worth of a nice, thick atmosphere. I wonder if Mars gets more impacts because it is closer to asteroid belt?

[Gargamel]

https://apnews.com/article/4f5f91727873df72be12c0ef0a31c2fb
 

Insight falls silent. 

[Gargamel]

 

[AtomicTech]

Oh wow... 

[Minmus Taster]

"On Dec. 18, 2022,  InSight did not respond to communications from Earth. As expected, the lander’s power has been declining for months, and it’s assumed InSight may have reached its end of operations. NASA will declare the mission over when InSight misses two consecutive communication sessions with the spacecraft orbiting Mars, part of the Mars Relay Network – but only if the cause of the missed communication is the lander itself. After that, NASA’s Deep Space Network will listen for a time, just in case."

 

She's gone 

Spoiler

 

[JoeSchmuckatelli]

F

 

[Minmus Taster]

Mission is officially over, rest in peace InSight, say hi to Oppy for us

[Gargamel]

Water found in Mars

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czxl849j77ko
 

[AckSed]

Liquid water, even. Martian extremophile environment? It's possible.