The size of MSL, Yep, it really IS that big! |
The size of MSL, Yep, it really IS that big! |
Jul 13 2009, 10:47 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14433 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
Delay related posts moved to MSL reasons for delay thread.
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Jul 27 2009, 08:00 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 568 Joined: 20-April 05 From: Silesia Member No.: 299 |
Large Heat Shield for Mars Science Laboratory
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/msl-20090710.html Heat shield with a diameter of 4.5 meters is really big. -------------------- Free software for planetary science (including Cassini Image Viewer).
http://members.tripod.com/petermasek/marinerall.html |
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Jul 27 2009, 12:53 PM
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Forum Contributor Group: Members Posts: 1372 Joined: 8-February 04 From: North East Florida, USA. Member No.: 11 |
I read somewhere there was concern over the heatshield and infact a new one might have to be built. Does anyone know if that was the case ?
Logically proberbly not if the heatshield is now ready. |
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Jul 28 2009, 04:10 AM
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Director of Galilean Photography Group: Members Posts: 896 Joined: 15-July 04 From: Austin, TX Member No.: 93 |
That's no heatshield, it's a small moon!
-------------------- Space Enthusiast Richard Hendricks
-- "The engineers, as usual, made a tremendous fuss. Again as usual, they did the job in half the time they had dismissed as being absolutely impossible." --Rescue Party, Arthur C Clarke Mother Nature is the final inspector of all quality. |
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Aug 5 2009, 09:16 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2922 Joined: 14-February 06 From: Very close to the Pyrénées Mountains (France) Member No.: 682 |
A "spaceflightnow.com", Craig Covault's article here: http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n0908/05msl/
Including quite some nice and new pictures. -------------------- |
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Jun 11 2010, 06:21 AM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
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Sep 6 2011, 12:00 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 754 Joined: 9-February 07 Member No.: 1700 |
I was - uhm Curious about the size and weight of MSL as compared to the Viking Landers. According to Wiki, MSL is 10 feet long (3.0m) and weighs about a ton (900kg).
According to the NSSDC Catalog, Viking's lander feet formed a 7.25 ft (2.21m) triangle when viewed from above, and weighed 1261lbs (572kg). |
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Dec 18 2011, 07:43 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
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Dec 19 2011, 09:13 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 691 Joined: 21-December 07 From: Clatskanie, Oregon Member No.: 3988 |
That is an excellent photo! Does anyone know where the full resolution pics are? I'd like to make that rover family portrait my desktop background.
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Jan 22 2012, 06:29 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 153 Joined: 4-May 11 From: Pardubice, CZ Member No.: 5979 |
...Does anyone know where the full resolution pics are? I'd like to make that rover family portrait my desktop background. James (and all others), maybe you'll like these new hi-res pictures from Mars Yard:http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA15279 http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA15280 http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA15278 http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA15277 |
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Jan 22 2012, 07:13 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 754 Joined: 9-February 07 Member No.: 1700 |
Great pics -- 15279 with the two basketball players gives you a good sense of how big MSL is!
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May 13 2012, 01:55 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 153 Joined: 4-May 11 From: Pardubice, CZ Member No.: 5979 |
MSL team testing rover mobility across sand dunes in the Mojave Desert with weight simulator Scarecrow.
... with MER simulator as well. For comparison maybe, or training for Cape Tribulation? more pictures here |
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May 13 2012, 05:21 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14433 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
We know exactly how the MER chassis copes with real Mars. It's being used as calibration - a reality check - to help us figure out exactly how well the MSL chassis will handle Mars as well.
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May 14 2012, 11:21 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 153 Joined: 4-May 11 From: Pardubice, CZ Member No.: 5979 |
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Aug 5 2012, 11:29 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 311 Joined: 31-August 05 From: Florida & Texas, USA Member No.: 482 |
Just watching all the "pre-game" shows and learned that the backshell has 75kg of tungsten ballast embedded on the forward edge to help control its attitude in atmosphere entry. I wonder if large follow-up missions of landers could be designed so that the robot stowage configuration achieves this purpose. Seems a shame to deliver an extra 75kg to mars that is dumb ballast.
5.7 hours and counting! |
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