'Not as easy as pie': Mars InSight lander hits a snag

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'Not as easy as pie': Mars InSight lander hits a snag, NASA says

The lander's probe, dubbed the"mole", first encountered trouble last week when it struck stones below the surface of Mars

NASA said there had been little"evidence for progress" and will now halt drilling until the situation is resolvedThe space administration's lander probe, which is designed to dig as far as five metres below the surface and measure heat coming from inside the planetThe drilling instrument, dubbed 'the mole', first encountered trouble last week when it struck what appeared to be a couple of stones, prompting developer Astronika to lament that"the Mars environment is not very favourable to us".

The probe only managed to burrow between 18 centimetres and about 50 centimetres — far short of the first dig's goal. Despite being designed to push rocks aside or"wend its way around them", NASA instrument lead Tilman Spohn said it had"continued to work against some resistance without clear evidence for progress".

 

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Quick, contact Harry Stamper. 😀

So when NASA hits a snag that`s a signal that they are going to Congress to ask for more money. We know for a fact these rockets never leave our atmosphere and just land in the sea. The rest is CGI.

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