Mars Insight - Digging Into The Martian Interior

Mars Insight is landing today, hopefully in the same number of pieces the engineers designed!
Mars Insight is a lander rather than a rover because its two main experiments are supposed to stay in one place and will take months to collect the data on the Martian interior that planetologists have been unable to get from previous missions.

[@TommoCarroll]

Yes! I'm loving all this Mars Insight talk on the internet! Can't wait for the onslaught of news about it in a few hours!

[@mattd390]

I love how this video had 47 views and I gave it the 47th like. 👍. Good work guys!

[@ignaciomunoz1976]

@LocalToast wtf

[@LeonHuizinga]

LocalToast lol what you on about?

[@misterx7898]

@@ignaciomunoz1976 He's a racist bot

[@albclean]

@LocalToast Ouch!! YOU ARE PRINTING TO LOUD YOU ARE HURTING MY BRAIN!

[@rayceeya8659]

Ahhh those little cube-sats are so cute. They're like little puppy satellites. I want to give them a scritch.

[@leandrog2785]

cute-sat

[@john_p]

8Kb per second? thats faster than Australian internet!

[@parkerproffitt3012]

And better ping

[@TannerKing]

I am in Texas and it is still better than viasat

[@PaulPaulPaulson]

Wouldn't hammering the ground attract sandworms?

[@mikakorhonen5715]

I hope USA don't find spice from Mars.

[@timothymclean]

​@@mikakorhonen5715 Look on the bright side: At least we aren't North Korea. (Besides, we wouldn't have an edge in the race to claim Spice just because we discovered it first.)

[@mikakorhonen5715]

@@timothymclean USA = Evil Harkonnen :)

[@rosedruid]

So this probe could add searching for life to its experiments... or helping life find it.... chomp.

[@Entropy_91]

Well if it does, then we'll have proof of extraterrestrial life.

[@veteran17865]

Hoping for the best. Somebody should remind NASA to press f5 before hitting the atmosphere.

[@riesenwal2904]

They also should make sure that they stage the parachute right, and that if it fails they could just revert to hanger.

[@venkatjayadeepj1342]

And press F9 if something goes wrong

[@toboterxp8155]

You're wrong, this can't be KSP, there were NO BOOSTERS on the rocket!!!!!

[@vibe6750]

Hope they have enough struts

[@alexsiemers7898]

They disabled quickloads on this save file

[@TheFLOW1978]

Thank you for the insight.

[@benadians1769]

Imoa

[@jolez_4869]

lmoa

[@calopsitamalucabird9434]

lmoa

[@abs5897]

lmoa

[@whocares427]

Update: After two years, it still hasn't dug the hole properly. The composition of martian soil in that area is really bad for drilling apparently. It keeps stalling.

[@thenotflatearth2714]

Hopefully the lens cover comes off and unit conversion all goes well

[@stevenprinsen9034]

The Spherical Earth Right?😂

[@dominichines9996]

Relax, this isn't being run by russia or esa.

[@Daweim0]

Still feels too soon 😂

[@WestOfEarth]

The lens cover is actually transparent itself. Lesson learned.

[@colleenforrest7936]

They knew the craft would kick up dust when it landed, hence the dust cover. Great idea making it transparent.

[@predur4136]

It will be a bit silly, but when there are missions like that I feel excited like a child on Christmas morning, especially now that everything went well ... they flew safely

[@TimPeterson]

Is it still "reentry" when it didn't launch from Mars?

[@theophrastusbombastus8019]

I guess its "atmospheric reentry" so it's reentering AN atmosphere

[@laju]

Apparently it isn't a reentry, if you are using the correct terminology. According to NASA, the proper term is "entry, descent, and landing, or EDL." Reentry means that vehicle is returning to the same body it was launched from.

[@ianabruce]

What are you?.. Some kind of troublemaker? ;-)

[@mgscheue]

I was about to ask that, too. :)

[@pluto8404]

Super hot atmospheric penetration

[@LordGryllwotth]

The antenna on the cube sats are something I want to know more about. Its a flat antenna acting as a parabolic antenna! It's insane.

[@CockatooDude]

It's not that hard to do. If you've ever seen one of those old massive flatscreen TVs from the early 2000's, they have a lens in them to even out the backlight which is completely flat but acts as a lens. I assume they used similar technology to that for these antennae.

[@georgf9279]

Like fresnel-lens but for reflecting radio waves?

[@optiquenz]

This technology is over 100 years old... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phased_array

[@charleslambert3368]

What is it, a zone plate/photon sieve or something?

[@harpfully]

@@CockatooDude Do you know this or are you guessing? I thought it may be done through phasing the signal differently between center and edges.

[@theCodyReeder]

Question: Are they going to send down the very seismically noisy mole before or after they start collecting data from the Areophone?

[@scottmanley]

First thing they're going to do is scan the area and model it in the mars simulator lab. So they can figure out ideal place to put the gizmos. After that, the seismometer and the mole will have to coexist until the mole is dug as deep as it'll go.

[@misterx7898]

hi cody!

[@mohamedrached2710]

I think the mole can act as a seismic source for the SEIS, like a vibrator in seismic surveys.

[@MrRolnicek]

@@scottmanley Seismometer and mole will have to coexist .... meaning the mole will work and the seismometer will not until the mole stops working.

[@Snyper1188]

I'm guessing it will either turn off the SEIS during each ping of the drill, or it (like previously stated) knows the frequency of the drill, and omits, or ignores it. Just guessing...

[@chopinbloc]

0:49 How could they pass up the *opportunity* to call them "Marco" and "Polo"?

[@fsmoura]

there dumb

[@wooo_gaming8719]

There nicknamed walle and eva

[@Anvilshock]

they're*

[@chevlinpodhorodeski9814]

Beat me too it..

[@chopinbloc]

@@chevlinpodhorodeski9814 What you did their. I sea it.

[@fiercemonkey1]

Thank you Scott for the real space news giving true indepth coverage of the topic and not some topical glossing over. Your the best space channel out there and please keep on making these videos. Fly safe sir. o7

[@jjbudinski8486]

Scott, you are one of those people with the rare ability to convey science and engineering in an amazing and easy to digest way, love the videos!

[@marvinkitfox3386]

"Hits the atmosphere at 12 thousand MILES PER HOUR, then decelerate down to a thousand KILOMETERS PER HOUR" So some strange effect of the atmosphere converts the lander from Imperial to Metric?

[@fsmoura]

Under the terms of the International Space Treaty, inside the inner planets' atmospheres only metric is allowed. The U.S. lobbied at the time of signing to keep space in imperial, though. It's all very convoluted.

[@parajacks4]

fsmoura ... and leads to spacecraft crashing due to forgetting to change from one to the other. If only Libya, Myanmar and USA could stop being such silly sticks in the mud.

[@24680kong]

Units are just imaginary. Both metric and British.

[@parajacks4]

24680kong Let’s imagine what a choir would sound like if they’re all singing from the same sheet of music.

[@thakillman7]

@@fsmoura I read that as "The US lobbied to keep space Imperial" and i had the imperial march in my head for a second there.

[@bikeridernz6169]

Another superb informative session Scott. Look forward to many more.

[@thomasfholland]

Excellent analysis of the mission Scott.

[@Pudding_Pie]

We made sure seismometer data isn't being screwed by wind and motions of the lander. We also put a piledriver thermometer thing right next to it.

[@donaldgrant9067]

I see your point. Good one.

[@Mineizbiggerdenyourz]

1 step forward, 3 steps back 🤦

[@timothymclean]

I mean, the piledriver probably won't be operating after the initial setup phase...

[@cluerip]

@@timothymclean It'll take a few months to get to its target depth, but then it stops.

[@wooo_gaming8719]

There gonna dig first I've heard the deploy sesimonster

[@educatingspace]

Great video. Very informative - well done Scott.

[@catalinacurio]

So fascinating! Thank you for sharing this. 👍😊🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@rami7092]

Loving this insight Mars mission! Can't wait to hear the news about how the landing went

[@JaceCavacini]

Thanks for this digestible primer on Mars Insight. I hadn’t even heard about it until the day it landed.

[@thomascharlton8545]

Great presentation Scott, thanks. I’ll certainly be glued to my computer during the “Mars Insight” landing event.

[@dmitrii7661]

What a time to be alive)

[@Allan_aka_RocKITEman]

*"...squirt that data back."* How much bandwidth does a *squirt* require? 😊

[@ImGonnaShout2000]

I'd like to see the signal amplitude over time graph of a squirt of data.

[@zapfanzapfan]

Remember, no litho-breaking! :-)

[@weschilton]

I got to see Insight at JPL last year and talk to some of the designers... those people are rock stars! Good luck Insight!

[@Anvilshock]

"What does 'InSight' stand for, Agent Manley?" "Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport" "And what does that mean to you?" "It means someone really wanted those initials to spell out 'InSight'."

[@scottmanley]

See also OSIRIS REx

[@despitetherage]

Insight made it! Now we get to see how well it all works! Looking forward to the new journey.

[@hraharahra]

Your wish was granted, flight was safe! :D

[@liampearson7859]

Just watched the landing. My favourite part was when the two people did there little dance. Congrates to all involved with the program

[@realzachfluke1]

We’re getting ready to launch the Mars 2020 rover this month! It’s July, and we have an official name. Mars Perseverance Rover. It’s a fitting name for an ambassador to humanity, at this difficult moment in history. Say hello to Insight and Curiosity on your flight to Mars, little buddy! You’ll probably be alone when you land, but fear not. You’ve got an entire planet there with you in spirit (no pun intended, RIP spirit lol).

[@BrianKelsay]

Would be cool to have you come back and link these to the updates or add a comment to update how they performed.

[@entenwood9024]

Just watched the touchdown, thanks to your video I could watch it live thanks.

[@misterx7898]

@Crebs Park ... wow you're a troll.

[@avejst]

Thanks for sharing👍😀

[@MarcWeertsMusic]

Excellent video!

[@rennaaa6667]

It's gonna go deep - ohhhhh. 5 meters deep - oh :|

[@tetsujin_144]

Well they had to settle for the Drill-O-Matic Jr unfortunately, the full-size Drill-O-Matic was too heavy.

[@galonakuaakua2498]

Look out steve buscemi

[@aserta]

5 meters is a lot when it comes to these kinds of things, tho.

[@dazoomcat]

Hey I've seen a movie on drilling in outer space and if you want to go real deep you need to find a guy that drills for oil train his guys and send them up. Oh and pick up a crazy Russian on the way.

[@jakubkandera95]

Congratulations InSight and MarCOs! :)

[@michaelfarrell4824]

That animation was awesome, pretty cool experiment

[@rossh2386]

Incredibly excited for this hopeful landing

[@spiralect]

I believe it was planned for it to land on the equator of Mars because it needed to have constant solar energy, so the seismometer always works

[@excalibur3390]

9:02 "foggiest weather a rocket has ever launched in" SN11: Hold my beer!

[@CaseyFinSF]

Fantastic info...lets hope they land okay👍👍

[@protonjinx]

Scott, seriously... do a video on ESAs video of the progress launch as seen from orbit. Amazing vid and with your commentary... gold.. platinum... unobtanium.

[@Diversensato]

Let’s all celebrate the succesful landing of insight👏👏👏👏.

[@odifyltsaeb8846]

"Its gonna hit Mars in about ..." at 9:24 sounds jinxy.

[@stefanomorandi7150]

it did flew safely! awesome!

[@realzachfluke1]

Lol the ending fly safe has me lol’ing

[@MomberyMochi]

i just love these lander missions.

[@jardvergar230]

got in from work (germany, dresden), turned on my laptop. i was lucky to see the last 20seconds before touchdown live - it was amazing. hopefully scott updates his videos because i dont understand all of this stuff nasa tv talked about :)

[@yucao6742]

thanks for the insight

[@nathanaelvetters2684]

Successful landing! Everything is going beautifully.

[@the_imperfectionest]

"I really mean it this time. Fly Safe!" This sir, made my day! ( I also wish the best for Insight!)

[@yagamilight44493]

I hope the seismometer people know about the jack hammering that will be done by the thermometer guys

[@HunterAtheist]

All part of the plan. The mole is a tiny thumper truck. Have you studied seismology?

[@ProWhitaker]

Thanks for the video

[@waedi73]

cant wait to see pictures

[@neurofiedyamato8763]

One of the most exciting mission in awhile.

[@Kumquat_Lord]

Congrats on the safe landing, insight!

[@CocaButterLucas]

I’m really excited about this!!!!

[@Deliriousintentionsprojects]

I love the idea of using the temperature probe as a reliable source of pings for the seismometer.

[@Zachomara]

Fingers crossed for landing safely

[@jerry3790]

They say it’s mission will be very *boring*

[@wearyterror9671]

Punderful good sir

[@SolarWebsite]

That joke goes deep, man...

[@caffeinatedspider3224]

Nobody tell Elon

[@PerMortensen]

Boo

[@nostringsattacked4355]

Here have my like. And now get out

[@tinkmarshino]

wish I could ride 'er in like ole slim pickens did in strange love... My time on this planet is slowly closing out.. I would have loved to see another one close up.. thanks Scott.. you keep the dream alive!

[@someonelucas2688]

47 views - 47 likes thats a good ratio

[@MiniGui98]

0 views and 0 likes, yet you and your fellows lurking on KZbin are watching the video, wondering how such thing can happen. You broke time and space. You feel cold, dead.

[@JoeBissell]

i'm so excited for this landing.

[@mikldude9376]

Sounds cool , the more we know the better . I look forward to the day we start doing Hab installation/s , and dropping supplies for future colonists , and hoping iˋm still kicking to see that day ;) .

[@skandragon586]

I hope all goes well ive been waiting years for this one

[@bedlamite42]

1:20 not re-entry. It's never been there before, so it's just entry.

[@nagantm441]

Well re-entering the Earth's atmosphere isn't "re-entry" either if you only left once and never previously entered.

[@pinkyholland]

God I love this Channel!

[@rock3tcatU233]

That penetrator mechanism design is genius.

[@RadicalEdward85]

the two satelites marco A and Marco B... they missed the chance to call one Marco and the other Polo

[@awuma]

The "mole" mechanism was originally developed by the Space Research Centre of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw, this one built by Astronika for the German Space Agency. A previous version was used in a comet landing, but the comet turned out to be impenetrable hard ice and not the expected soft slush.

[@CreamyItalian]

Great information, as always. Mars has so much to tell, we just the right tools to listen to its story. I really like that hoodie, brilliant. Where did you get it? So funny!

[@adamantium1983]

I’m excited to see if the landing is successful!

[@TheOneWhoMightBe]

It's seriously impressive the amount of data they can get these days from just a couple of instruments.

[@eddierancid4884]

my name is on the insight lander!!! JPL had a registration to do so. so excited!!! anyone else register of the 2.5M people?

[@vasileiosxenodochidis1585]

Success!!!

[@charliemcenery7447]

Liking that Jebidaih shirt!!!

[@falcon.heavy.]

I'm so glad it made it to the surface okay:-)

[@JCO2002]

Hope it's successful. Going to stream the coverage a few hours from now.

[@kennethirgendwas4616]

I am quite hyped

[@MoonWeasel23]

Cool video. Can you do a video on the Perchlorate and H2O issues that have arisen for MRO?

[@jekanyika]

Why is it still called re-entry when its the first time it will enter Mars's atmosphere?

[@karolakkolo123]

It was in the Earth's atmosphere. Now it re-enters an atmosphere (but on a different planet)

[@Trevor21230]

I swear to God this was so interesting that that was probably the fastest 10 minutes of my life.

[@floydlooney6837]

Yes, I saw them celebrate the touchdown.

[@andersonfor2012]

The real kicker for me is that apparently the 'Hammering mechanism' can't penetrate rock, so they're hoping where it's placed is all dirt. Personally I'm super keen for the Doppler tests from JPL.

[@tommyfrerking]

Yeah, from the animations I've seen it doesn't look like they have much choice for a digging spot. I was wondering if they could use seismometer data to figure out where the rocks are first.

[@Master_Ed]

Happy landing day

[@chenh02]

amazing project, NASA is insane

[@Micetticat]

And it has landed!

[@patriotastronomer5113]

Thank you for the great information! I do have a question... On the graphic you presented, wouldn't the hammering of the probe affect the readings from the seismometer? I would think that they would have to disable it for proper readings... Looks like I have some research to do!

[@kadlubom]

Fly safe indeed!

[@usagi10100]

This is exciting.

[@tonycount]

Fly safe Insight!

[@DamianAI9]

I hope it goes well!

[@Blowcrafter]

that will give them a lot of science points :D

[@dustinking2965]

It flew safe!

[@Monkeynuts502]

During those cubeSAT animations, I couldn't help but think *boioioing* every time a new part deployed.

[@fredochs]

Come on Mars Insight! Fly (and Land) Safe!!!

[@hthytrgh]

Loving that shirt!