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Posted by: djellison Dec 18 2006, 04:40 PM

http://phoenix.lpl.arizona.edu/multimedia/videos/phoenix_animation.php

All we need is the MSL one at this res - and I can scare people silly at every talk I give!

Doug

Posted by: Toma B Dec 18 2006, 05:07 PM

What is the purpose of that green laser?

Edit:
OK I have find out!
It's a part of meteorological Station (MET)

Posted by: djellison Dec 18 2006, 05:14 PM

http://phoenix.lpl.arizona.edu/technology/met.php

Basically LIDAR for measuring ice and dust loading at various altitudes. The Martian http://www.britastro.org/dark-skies/index.html will have something to say about it I'm sure

Doug

Posted by: PhilCo126 Dec 19 2006, 05:41 PM

Why does this vehicle remind me so much of Mars Polar Lander ?
Three legged, fragile scoop arm, square camera box-head ...

Posted by: tuvas Dec 19 2006, 05:47 PM

Phoenix is in alot of ways alot like MPL. Seeing the decent video made me understand exactly what it was that I found in the VL-2 picture, the backshell. It's the same sequence as the viking landers really, there isn't that much difference at all in the decent sequence (It does become different for the airbag rovers (And pathfinder) and skycrane MSL, but most other things are quite similar...

Posted by: lyford Dec 19 2006, 07:19 PM

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QUOTE(Toma B @ Dec 18 2006, 09:07 AM)

What is the purpose of that green laser?

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Is that a typo on the page http://phoenix.lpl.arizona.edu/technology/met.php, or perhaps is this some Québécois spelling I am unfamiliar with? Or is it the MOAA (mother of all acronyms)?

Posted by: RubberoidLifeform Feb 2 2007, 05:21 AM

The link is dead. Was it moved?

Posted by: djellison Feb 2 2007, 08:05 AM

Yes - the Phoenix website has been totally redesigned.

It's here - http://phoenix.lpl.arizona.edu/videos.php

Doug

Posted by: mchan Feb 2 2007, 09:22 AM

Since the first post in this thread mentioned it, I still can't find the MSL EDL video in high def. Anybody have a link to this?

Posted by: Pertinax Feb 2 2007, 01:59 PM

http://phoenix.lpl.arizona.edu/video/phoenix_landing_hd.mov

Posted by: nprev Feb 3 2007, 12:50 AM

Recommend going to the root site for those of us with older computers and/or slow connections...highest-res version is 320 Mb ... there are smaller versions available.

Posted by: mchan Feb 3 2007, 04:18 AM

Thanks, I have that link. I was asking about a high-def version of the MSL EDL video which appeared on YouTube.

Posted by: John Flushing Jun 2 2007, 02:17 AM

QUOTE (mchan @ February 3rd, 2007, 12:18 AM)