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A little disappointing actually! I thought the pattern was a clever way to capture the status of the parachute in the event of failure, so if all they got was
by nihil75 6y ago
A little disappointing actually! I thought the pattern was a clever way to capture the status of the parachute in the event of failure, so if all they got was a garbled low-res image before the lander crashed to the surface they could deduce which section failed. Alas, it was just an easter-egg..
- noizejoy 6y ago> ... just an easter-egg .. Not true, according to OP: > Allen Chen revealed that there was a code hidden in the parachute, as well as the markings being useful for camera alignment.
- joezydeco 6y agoAsymmetrical markings also allowed for measurement of parachute rotation during the operation.