NASA’s InSight lander touched down on Mars a few weeks ago and the team of engineers and scientists handling the robot are in the midst of preparing for its very first science activity on the planet. In a new blog post, NASA explains exactly how it tests the maneuvers that InSight will perform before actually sending those commands to Mars.
One of the coolest tools NASA has constructed in preparation for the mission is a full scale replica of the InSight’s landing sight, complete with a fully functional model of the robot itself. Before any commands are issued to the InSight lander those same commands are sent to the model in order to see how things will play out.
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NASA is reconstructing the InSight lander site here on Earth originally appeared on BGR.com on Wed, 19 Dec 2018 at 19:37:05 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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