Next Steps, To Get The NASA JPL Mars InSight "Mole" Mining Again...

As we promised just exactly a month ago, when "more was known, we would update" -- on the remote Martian remediation plans -- to begin drilling again.

This dawn is that day. The below video is an excellently digestible explainer. So without much more ado, we will refer you to it, which is a link, to YouTube, from NASA's press release of last night:

. . . .Scientists and engineers have a new plan for getting NASA InSight's heat probe, also known as the "mole," digging again on Mars. Part of an instrument called the Heat Flow and Physical Properties Package (HP³), the mole is a self-hammering spike designed to dig as much as 16 feet (5 meters) below the surface and record temperature. . . .

The mole is thought to be skewed, at about a 20 degree angle off of true vertical, at the moment -- perhaps due to loose Martian sand/soil conditions. . . .

NASA InSight scientist/engineer Troy Hudson gives us the game plan for getting the mission's heat probe, also known as the "mole," digging again on Mars. . . .

Now you know -- luminous, yet clearer here at dawn, on Thursday -- grinning, ear to ear. Be excellent to those you love -- and even maybe those you. . . do not.

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