MARDI microphone, maybe possibly it'll be turned on? |
MARDI microphone, maybe possibly it'll be turned on? |
Sep 18 2008, 03:52 PM
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Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 5172 Joined: 4-August 05 From: Pasadena, CA, USA, Earth Member No.: 454 |
Leonard David reports that "the Phoenix lander team is going forward with turning on the spacecraft’s microphone."
I'm working on finding out more details. (For instance, I want to know if this also means they'll get to use the camera itself, maybe get a different perspective on Holy Cow, if the camera's pointing the right way.) In the meantime, enjoy hearing what Bill Nye and others would sound like on Mars before they asphyxiated. Yay! Emily -------------------- My website - My Patreon - @elakdawalla on Twitter - Please support unmannedspaceflight.com by donating here.
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Sep 18 2008, 11:01 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14434 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
OK - If Phoenix is like a clock...
Solar Panels are at 2.30 and 8.30 The arm is mounted at about 1.30 MARDI looks to be at about 7 - sort of behind where the elbow of the arm was when folded flat. http://www.lockheedmartin.com/data/assets/14819.gif http://www.lockheedmartin.com/data/assets/14845.jpg I would GUESS - the area marked green...possibly getting a corner of one bit of the exposed stuff - but with MARDI being pointing slight away from straight down, I'm not confident. |
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Sep 19 2008, 03:33 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2542 Joined: 13-September 05 Member No.: 497 |
MARDI looks to be at about 7 - sort of behind where the elbow of the arm was when folded flat. FWIW, MARDI is just about exactly behind the met mast as seen from the SSI, and it's pointed 22 degrees outward from nadir. -------------------- Disclaimer: This post is based on public information only. Any opinions are my own.
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Sep 19 2008, 03:59 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 150 Joined: 3-June 08 From: McLean, VA Member No.: 4177 |
If the camera's 22 degrees pointing out, and slightly away, to the west, from the nearest jet, then I don't think MARDI can see the HolyCow plume effect. I make the centerline of the camera about 18 inches from the nearest jet in the science deck plane (I think X/Y). The camera is below the deck some 5 inches, and that's about 3 feet (?) from the surface. A little trig tells me they'll miss it by half a foot, guessing the size of each "skating rink" to be maybe a foot and a half in diameter(??)
That's back of the envelope, so it's just a guess. |
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