How do you ensure that there isn’t a huge rock 5 ft below the surface that the mole won’t be able to dig through? Is the jackhammering of the mole enough to break through a big rock? Could you pull the Mole back up and try a new location?
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From https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/timeline/prelaunch/landing-site-selection/ … : For mission success, InSight’s heat flow probe must be able to penetrate the ground in the lander's workspace. The probe was designed to burrow into soil (not rock) to a depth 10 to 16 feet (three to five meters). /1
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Agreed. Maybe next time.
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