Thanks, Mark.
> There was a great picture showing the landing zone (which they hit I
> think) that was 15 mile by 70 miles long and was south of the Pole as
> they termed equivalent to being within our arctic circle so ice would be
> not too deep down. They wanted to be south of the pole so they can dig
> down and sample as they go with the probe's shovel and soil diagnostic gear.
>
> They were only worried about perhaps hitting a reasonable sized rocky
> area and I think that had a 1% probability but they decided beforehand
> that it was not worth the risk of a late correctional burt (last night)
> to avoid such a small risk so that is the only thing that may be non
> optimal. don't know how they did there. Gotta watch the recording or
> check web.
>
> MarkJ
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