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This NASA documentary is a little hokey, but it gives a reasonable intro to the mission and each of the instruments. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ka6OERznXh
by jessriedel 10y ago
This NASA documentary is a little hokey, but it gives a reasonable intro to the mission and each of the instruments.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ka6OERznXh4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ka6OERznXh4
- zump 10y agoNASA is getting better at PR. This is arriving July 4th!
- salgernon 10y agoAs did Mars pathfinder, 1997.
- imglorp 10y agoMaybe not so much a coincidence then? You'd think both of these orbital alignments are a little beyond our control. Or maybe there was enough fuel budget both times to get +/- a couple days to get the insertion dates we wanted.
- mikeash 10y agoYes, there's usually enough flexibility to move things around a bit. Robert Farquhar, the man who planned the trajectory of ISEE-3 (the craft re-contacted by amateurs during an Earth flyby two years ago) enjoyed arranging his missions so that important milestones happened on the birthdays or anniversaries of friends and family.