Second MSL Landing Site Workshop, October 23-25, 2007 |
Second MSL Landing Site Workshop, October 23-25, 2007 |
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Sep 10 2007, 07:47 PM
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SECOND LANDING SITE WORKSHOP FOR THE 2009 MARS SCIENCE LABORATORY
October 23-25, 2007 Pasadena, CA Announcement (MS Word) Information to Presenters (MS Word) Note also the two August 2007 updates for MSL Landing Site Selection: User’s Guide to Engineering Constraints. |
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Oct 26 2007, 05:46 PM
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Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 5172 Joined: 4-August 05 From: Pasadena, CA, USA, Earth Member No.: 454 |
Tim, one thing I wasn't clear on at the workshop was what the time frame over which MSL would have the 30% to 50% duty cycle. At some times it seemed they were talking about lengthy hibernation (several months of inactivity), at other times it seemed they were talking about limited operations within a sol (needing to allow time for the rover to warm up, like a lizard in the sun as one person put it). Which one was it, or was it both?
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Oct 26 2007, 09:39 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 50 Joined: 7-July 06 From: Selden, NY Member No.: 960 |
Tim, one thing I wasn't clear on at the workshop was what the time frame over which MSL would have the 30% to 50% duty cycle. At some times it seemed they were talking about lengthy hibernation (several months of inactivity), at other times it seemed they were talking about limited operations within a sol (needing to allow time for the rover to warm up, like a lizard in the sun as one person put it). Which one was it, or was it both? --Emily My understanding is that immediately upon landing at a one of the high southern latitude sites, the rover would enter hibernation and not do anything for a month or more. This is different than the situation of Spirit at Gusev, where although the rover was not moving during the winter, it was still acquiring imagery, APXS, Mini-TES, and MB data from its site. Then, after hibernating for that extended period at the beginning of the mission, MSL would then be allowed operate on a reduced duty cycle. |
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