Wemartians Podcast

On November 26th, 2018, NASA successfully landed the InSight spacecraft on the surface of Mars. It was their 8th successful landing, went picture-perfect, and seemed to defy the common thought that Mars landings rarely work. Jake recounts the landing, provides historical context to the events, and asks the question of whether NASA's entries, descents, and landings are as failure-prone as some make it out to be. We Talk InSight and Entry, Descent, and Landing Viking Press Kit Mars Pathfinder Press Kit Mars Polar Lander Press Kit Mars Exploration Rovers Press Kit Mars Phoenix Press Kit Mars Science Laboratory Press Kit InSight Press Kit InSight L-1 Briefing Paper on Drag-assisted entry at Mars Summary of Mars EDLs Previous Coverage of InSight Episode 36: Systems Engineering InSight (feat. Farah Alibay) Episode 41: Thirty Years to the Centre of Mars (feat. Bruce Banerdt, Philippe Lognonné, and Tim Linn) Episode 50: The Journey to Mars is Hyperbolic (feat. Mark Wallace) Follow Jake &