So basically 72 flights into it’s 5 flight mission it went to far over the horizon and lost line of sight. So they have to drive over to it to re-establish communication.
They’ve done good already, they don’t need to go this hard.
They went so hard they went over the horizon and lost coms.
Because it’s autonomous it’s likely still operational, they just have to get close to it.
They say he can explore small caves, but wouldn’t this little guy be solar charged and they could lose him if he doesn’t have enough juice to get back to the surface?
I love this line, "...is an asteroid-sized moon orbiting a few thousand miles (or kilometers) above the Martian surface..." A few thousand miles...or kilometers, we don't care, pick your favorite.
The time thing is interesting, but I feel like no one talks much about the appearance of passing objects. That is, I wonder how the image of a passing celestial object might distort due to length contraction and any other effects. I’m still trying to understand that. This article seems pretty digestible, so far.
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