re: Yes.

pwokenyaw — 12/9/2004 6:46:27 AM (archived)

It's amazing that the instability problem is not understood. If the cause is something that varies in the Martian atmosphere from time to time, then this factor might destroy future MERs, if any were based on identical designs.

Maybe the heatshield will tell us something...

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Run for the Hills! the Sky Crane is coming... - Nick Hoffman - 12/8/2004 2:07:00 PM
- It's hard to take MSL seriously when it uses Sky Crane - Gary - 12/8/2004 4:41:40 PM
  - They better get MSL right, or else the Greens are going to scream bloody murder over a nuke powered craft crashing into another planet. (n/t) - Lee - 1/12/2005 8:27:55 AM
  - re: It's hard to take MSL seriously when it uses Sky Crane - Doug Ellison - 12/8/2004 9:16:51 PM
    - Sky Crane - Gary - 12/9/2004 4:39:31 AM
      - Correct - Gary - 12/9/2004 4:31:24 PM
  - Was it both MERs or just MER-A that had the instability problem? (n/t) - pwokenyaw - 12/8/2004 6:41:26 PM
    - Yes. - Gary - 12/9/2004 2:37:57 AM
      - re: Yes. - pwokenyaw - 12/9/2004 6:46:27 AM
        
        TIRS - Gary - 12/9/2004 7:49:38 AM
  - If I understand the mission profile, then I think you are wrong - alcaray - 12/8/2004 6:09:39 PM
    - Oddball ideas - Tom Brosz - 12/8/2004 6:17:08 PM
- Skycranes have been around for a long time - Larry J - 12/8/2004 2:56:27 PM
  - re: Skycranes have been around for a long time - John - 1/11/2005 10:58:42 PM
  - I saw one of these up close - Gary - 12/8/2004 4:44:10 PM
  - re: Skycranes have been around for a long time - Doug Ellison - 12/8/2004 4:29:47 PM
    - Jeez, some people can't take a joke (n/t) - Larry J - 12/9/2004 1:13:01 AM

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