Re: Mars Landing

[Steve Luzader <sluzader@fre.fsu.umd.edu>]

James Andrew Jones wrote:
> Hello all
>
>    Does any one know any particulars about the bounces involve when the
> Mars lander fell?  The masses involve the velocity when the payload was
> dropped from the chutes, and how high each bounce was.  It will make a
> better problem next year instead of a tennis ball falling and bouncing.

   The current issue of Newsweek had all kinds of detailed information 
about the landing.  (For example, the lander's speed when it hit the 
ground was a little over 23 mph.)  You can also check the web sites
that other list members have provided.

-- 
Stephen Luzader
Physics Department
Frostburg State University
http://antoine.fsu.umd.edu/phys/luzader/index.shtml