Martians Might Be Real. That Makes Mars Exploration Way More Complicated
https://www.wired.com/2016/08/shouldnt-go-mars-might-decimate-martians

It’s looking more and more likely that Mars might already be inhabited—by Martians. Very tiny ones. Which concerns Cassie Conley. Conley’s full-time job at NASA is to make sure that we don’t royally screw up our first encounter with aliens, however small. Her official title is US planetary protection officer. She’s a kind of interplanetary sheriff, whose main duty is to police the comings and goings of the tiniest Earthlings: microorganisms, which as it turns out are extraordinarily good at hitching rides on spacecraft. The more likely a destination is to support life, the more stringent she is.

Pro Schiaparelliho to sice nevypadá nadějně, ale ještě není jisté, jestli přistání selhalo (případně v jaké fázi a proč). Víc se dozvíme zítra. Ale je trochu předčasné říkat, že to nevyšlo (ačkoli se to zdá pravděpodobné).

BROUKOID: Beagle 2 podle snímků z MRO úspěšně přistál, ale selhalo vyklopení solárních panelů.

Zda se, ze ESA proste neumi pristavat :( - beagle 2, philae, a ted schiaparelli..
Nebo se pletu a nekdy nekde uspesne pristala?

"We (waited) for the Mars Express measurement, which was taken in parallel, and it was of the same kind. It was only recording the radio signal. The Mars Express measurement came at 1830 (CEST) and confirmed exactly the same: the signal went through the majority of the descent phase, and it stopped at a certain point that we reckon was before the landing.

ExoMars TGO reaches Mars orbit while EDM situation under assessment / Press Releases / For Media / ESA
http://www.esa.int/...s_Releases/ExoMars_TGO_reaches_Mars_orbit_while_EDM_situation_under_assessment
... contact has not yet been confirmed with the mission’s test lander from the surface.

dopr

ESA says the data recorded from Schiaparelli by Mars Express is "inconclusive," and the status of the lander is "not yet clear."

RIP

Live coverage: Europe’s ExoMars mission approaching Mars – Spaceflight Now
http://spaceflightnow.com/2016/10/19/exomars-mission-status-center/

série komentářů k výbuchu 2.stupně Falconu 9 na ramě (agregováno z různých zdrojů debatéry na kosmo.cz)
[ XCHAOS @ Elon Musk (Paypal, SpaceX, Tesla Motors, Solarcity, Hyperloop atd.) ]

JULIANNE: Díky za něj ;)

BIDAK NECROMAN: Nebo cesky http://www.kosmonautix.cz/2016/07/pohled-pod-kuzi-edmschiaparelli-vedecke-pristroje/

NECROMAN: Je to demonstrátor entry+landing. Ale...
ESA - Robotic Exploration of Mars: Schiaparelli science package and science investigations
http://exploration.esa.int/mars/48898-edm-science-payload/

XCHAOS: A ten Schiaparelli ma nejaky ucel, senzory, vybavu?

KOCOURMIKES: Kazachstan

KOCOURMIKES: ne. Lidovky jsou fakt ignoranti. Život bude hledat až Exomars rover, který měl letět už za 2 roky, ale nakonec poletí až 2020. Schiaparelli je jen technologický demonstrátor, nebude hledat vůbec nic.