[meteorite-list] UA Science Team Readies For NEAR Landing

From: Stuart Forbes <stuart.forbes_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:41:07 2004
Message-ID: <005401c09184$33bfeae0$266a45c2_at_oemcomputer>

>"It is not really a landing in the sense of a spacecraft being alive once
it
>touches down. NEAR has no legs to steady it, so it's just going to fall
>over. The antenna will no longer point to the Earth so we'll not be able to
>communicate with it," Boynton said.

Is the gravity of 433 Eros really going to be enough to hold it down, or
will Newton's third law send it straight back up again?

Regards,

Stuart Forbes
Edinburgh, Scotland
stuart.forbes_at_dial.pipex.com-list
Received on Wed 07 Feb 2001 11:04:09 PM PST