The robot with the official name of HP3 was in a first Phase, which lasted four hours, with up to 4000 hammer approximately 18 to 50 centimeters into the Martian soil blows penetrated, informed the German centre for air and space (DLR) on Friday evening. The aim of the experiment, with the in Germany developed a robot, the measurement of the heat flow from the Martian interior.
“In his way in the depth of the mole is taken, apparently, on a rock, inclined about 15 degrees and this pushed aside or past him pushed,” said the scientific Director of the HP3 experiment, Tilman Spohn. After a cooling-off period, the researchers want to let the “mole” in a second Phase for another four hours of hammering. In the coming weeks, the robot is supposed to penetrate and then – in the case of sufficiently porous surfaces – in three to five feet deep.
probes measure temperature
The knee-high artificial mole, the temperature should measure up to a thousandth of a degree Celsius. It can be, for example, to close the Interior of the Red planet has developed and whether he still has a hot liquid core. The robot has been developed at DLR. He looks like a large nail that has a built-in Hammer. He pulls a cord, which is equipped with temperature sensors.
The hammering mole had landed in the framework of the Nasa Mission “InSight” at the end of November successfully on Mars – a 485 million mile journey. The country place is located in a Region that is largely flat and free of large stones and rocks. Previous Mars missions have not explored the area from the ground. The total of around 650 million Euro “InSight”Mission is set to last for two years. (sda)
Created: 02.03.2019, 05:25 PM