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Wbili się na 18 cm i natrafili na przeszkodę. Po 3.5 h wbijania kret odchylił się od pionu na 15 stopni. W sobotę ponowią próbę wbijania. Źródło
So, can we better say where the mole is? Team members (Sue, Doris, Troy) used the observed tilt of the mole and the shift of the support structure to estimate its depth and found a value between 28 and 32 cm. This is consistent with the evolution of the motor temperature after sunset that cooled significantly less rapidly than the atmosphere and suggests that the mole is at least partly buried (it is 40 cm long).
The mole is healthy and performed a round of hammering on the weekend. It has, thus far, continued to work against some resistance without clear evidence for progress. The team has therefore decided to pause the hammering for about two weeks to allow the situation to be analyzed more closely and jointly come up with strategies for overcoming the obstacle.In the meantime, we are planning on carrying out thermal conductivity measurements for the first time on Mars and start to conduct observations of the shadow of Phobos, which will be travelling through the radiometer’s field of view on 5, 6 and 8 March 2019. A lot to do and still a lot of excellent science to be expected from HP3 and from InSight! Planetary exploration is not as easy as pie!
Czyli krótko ujmując kret jest za słaby na wbicie się w twardą skałę macierzystą. Podejrzewam, że spróbują jeszcze raz z kopaniem, po czym zmienią lokalizację i podejmą kopanie w innym miejscu.