3. With fire flood, the ante (and the risk) was ratcheted up another notch. More wells are needed. After carefully imaging the producing horizon with seismic methods, engineers would drill a circle of wells around a central well. In the central well, you would ignite a fire in the oil ...
In another first for the mission, a pair of briefcase-size satellites will launch aboard InSight, break free after liftoff, then follow the spacecraft for six months all the way to Mars. They won't stop at Mars, just fly past. The point is to test the two CubeSats as a potential comm...