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1. About 6 months https://www.google.com/search?q=insight+launch+date&oq=insight+launch+date https://www.google.com/search?q=insight+launch+date&oq=insig... 2.
by sathackr 8y ago
1. About 6 months https://www.google.com/search?q=insight+launch+date&oq=insight+launch+date https://www.google.com/search?q=insight+launch+date&oq=insig...
2. Out of ~50 missions, about 20 have failed. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_missions_to_Mars https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_missions_to_Mars
3. About 8 successful landings https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_landing https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_landing
Curiousity was by far the 'coolest' and still astonishes me that we pulled it off. https://youtu.be/h2I8AoB1xgU https://youtu.be/h2I8AoB1xgU
4. No.
- mturmon 8y agoAll true. To elaborate slightly on (4), Mars 2020, which is scheduled for launch in summer 2020, will have the ability to gather 20 samples into a sample cache, and drop the cache container off, for a possible future return pick-up. So, it's getting closer.