Weifeng Web on March 10, according to a Reuters report, NASA had planned to launch of InSight, the Rover later this month. And now, seems to be due to some problems with the device, the plan was cancelled. And the launch was delayed by more than two full years! In accordance with NASA now saying, the Rover will be officially launched until 2018, which is a very long period of time.
As for specific reasons, is carried on the detector the Seismometer used on vacuum ball 4 times leaks have been found, the first three have been fixed, but in December last year when new vulnerabilities are discovered. Also, NASA announced a suspension of the mandate at that time. Now, NASA has finally come out and explicitly said it would be delayed until 2018!
InSight inside the main scientific objective of the project is to study the planet's depths, this information will help scientists to find Mars and how other rocky planets form and evolve. Meanwhile, it also will be NASA's next Mars plans to play an initial Setup.
And because that cannot be repaired in a short time, and the relative positions of Earth and Mars are always in a State of change. Therefore, only every 26 months there will be a few days more good launch time. Missed again after this, next time you have to wait until May 2018, NASA will only delay the task for so long.
It is reported that NASA will pay around US $ 150 million for repair of this equipment, and prior to that, its budget had reached 675 million dollars.
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