Descent Engine News Today

Performed in various simulations on the ground. the engine did not leave a crater of any size. it has about one-foot clearance on the ground. i can see some evidence of rays emanating from the descent engine but very insignificant amount. >> roger, neil. were reading you loud and clear. see you getting some pictures and the contingency sample. >> interesting, its a very soft surface but here and there where i plug with the contingency sample collector i run into very hard surface, but it appears...

Performed in various simulations on the ground. the engine did not leave a crater of any size. it has about one-foot clearance on the ground. i can see some evidence of rays emanating from the descent engine but very insignificant amount. >> roger, neil. were reading you loud and clear. see you getting some pictures and the contingency sample. >> interesting, its a very soft surface but here and there where i plug with the contingency sample collector i run into very hard surface, but it appears...

Were copying. > there seems to be no difficulty in moving around. as we suspected. its even perhaps easier than the simulations of 16g that we performed in various simulations on the ground. the descent engine did not leave a crater of any size. it has about one-foot clearance on the ground. i can see some evidence of rays emanating from the descent engine but very insignificant amount. >> roger, neil. were reading you loud and clear. see you getting some pictures and the contingency sample. >> ...

I only go in a fraction of an inch, maybe an eighth of an inch. but i can see the footprints of my boots and the treads in the fine sandy particles. >> neil, this is houston. were copying. > there seems to be no difficulty in moving around. as we suspected. its even perhaps easier than the simulations of 16g that we performed in various simulations on the ground. the engine did not leave a crater of any size. it has about one-foot clearance on the ground. i can see some evidence of rays emanatin...

The engine did not leave a crater of any size. it has about one-foot clearance on the ground. i can see some evidence of rays emanating from the descent engine but very insignificance cant amount. >> roger, neil. were reading you loud and clear. see you getting some pictures and the contingenty sample. >> interesting, its a very soft surface but here and there be i run into very hard surface but it appears to be very cohesive material of the same sort. ill try to get a rock in here. >> that look...

I only go in a fraction of an inch, maybe an eighth of an inch. but i can see the footprints of my boots and the treads in the fine sandy particles. >> neil, this is houston. were copying. > there seems to be no difficulty in moving around. as we suspected, its even perhaps easier than the simulations of 16g that we performed in various simulations on the ground. the engine did not leave a crater of any size. it has about one-foot clearance on the ground. i can see some evidence of rays emanatin...