Project Morpheus Lander Test Video
Discussion
Simpo Two said:
Nice and stable.
Funny they have to add 'The Morpheus Team again demonstrated engineering and operational excellence, relying upon training, discipline and experience to ensure today's success.' Sounds like Cold War propaganda.
Probably just some irrelevant justification of funding bullsFunny they have to add 'The Morpheus Team again demonstrated engineering and operational excellence, relying upon training, discipline and experience to ensure today's success.' Sounds like Cold War propaganda.
t, it's on most of the test flight videos. It's not on this one though:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LM1wjs5nWXQ
Presumably none of the training, discipline and experience were used on that test?
I find it extraordinary that Project Morpheus has had 8 free-test flights, only this one being successful - watch vidoes on the side bar of that YouTube page - when the Skyhook that landed Curiosity, the Mars Science Laboratory, was NEVER TESTED on Earth!
Only components were tested seperately or in simulation. The reason, I was told, was that Skyhook could barely lift itself against Earth gravity, let alone the lander. But Morpheus, intended for Moon landings and take-offs, is flying on Earth. Moon/Earth is a much greater differential than Mars/Earth, so Morpheus would appear to be grossly over designed if it can fly in Earth's gravity well.
JOhn
Only components were tested seperately or in simulation. The reason, I was told, was that Skyhook could barely lift itself against Earth gravity, let alone the lander. But Morpheus, intended for Moon landings and take-offs, is flying on Earth. Moon/Earth is a much greater differential than Mars/Earth, so Morpheus would appear to be grossly over designed if it can fly in Earth's gravity well.
JOhn
tapkaJohnD said:
I find it extraordinary that Project Morpheus has had 8 free-test flights, only this one being successful - watch vidoes on the side bar of that YouTube page - when the Skyhook that landed Curiosity, the Mars Science Laboratory, was NEVER TESTED on Earth!
Only components were tested seperately or in simulation. The reason, I was told, was that Skyhook could barely lift itself against Earth gravity, let alone the lander. But Morpheus, intended for Moon landings and take-offs, is flying on Earth. Moon/Earth is a much greater differential than Mars/Earth, so Morpheus would appear to be grossly over designed if it can fly in Earth's gravity well.
JOhn
Grossly over designed for what though? Only components were tested seperately or in simulation. The reason, I was told, was that Skyhook could barely lift itself against Earth gravity, let alone the lander. But Morpheus, intended for Moon landings and take-offs, is flying on Earth. Moon/Earth is a much greater differential than Mars/Earth, so Morpheus would appear to be grossly over designed if it can fly in Earth's gravity well.
JOhn
As far as I can tell, it's purpose is pretty much a technology demonstrator, and even if it's more than that, it might need to carry some future heavy payload, albeit in Lunar gravity?
The lower gravitational fields encountered on other bodies makes a massive difference to the ease of how these landers can function.
As far as I know, the Apollo Lunar Module nor none of the robot landers that have landed on the moon or Mars were ever fully tested by performing landings on earth first. Only the components were tested separately.
As far as I know, the Apollo Lunar Module nor none of the robot landers that have landed on the moon or Mars were ever fully tested by performing landings on earth first. Only the components were tested separately.
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