Timeline for Did Curiosity rover land on Mars?
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| May 5, 2020 at 3:01 | comment | added | Oddthinking♦ | "The flying landing platform was not tested and documented" I would reword that: The tests of the flying landing platform were not video recorded, edited into an easily digestable and exciting video for the public (and funding granters) to watch, and then uploaded to a location easily found. Concluding that, therefore, there were no tests is unjustified. Concluding from that alone that the landing was therefore faked is... I want to keep this polite.... also unjustified. | |
| May 5, 2020 at 0:38 | comment | added | PC Luddite | @KaE all of these answers are saying that they tested to a certain extent, but you can't actually know if it's really going to work until you do it on Mars. You can't fly/land the same way on both planets. Testing it on earth would have been a complete waste of millions rather than "risking millions". | |
| May 4, 2020 at 20:31 | comment | added | days of love iff good genes | @Jamiec: there's actually a more detailed q on Space SE in re Curiosity cost breakdown space.stackexchange.com/questions/5449/… | |
| May 4, 2020 at 20:25 | comment | added | days of love iff good genes | @Jamiec: NASA budged is $22 billion / FY. The Curiosity budget was apparently $2.5 billion. | |
| May 4, 2020 at 17:32 | comment | added | Jamiec♦ | @KaE you realise that "risking millions" is like you risking a £100 punt on the Horses. They have budgets measured in hundreds of millions. | |
| May 4, 2020 at 17:24 | comment | added | KaE | The question mainly refers to the landing and the "sky crane". The flying landing platform, searching for flat terrain, roping down the car is far more complex than the procedures documented. The main testing documented was Sky Crane Full Motion Drop Test. It is not enough to only do this to risk millions to.send it to Mars. The flying landing platform was not tested and documented | |
| May 4, 2020 at 15:05 | comment | added | T. Sar | "So, the contention that the complex system was untested because there is no evidence of testing is untrue." Rather, there is a bunch of evidence, just not video evidence. Still, great answer! | |
| May 4, 2020 at 14:50 | history | answered | Oddthinking♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |