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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Oct 15 2008, 02:33 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 2785 Joined: 10-November 06 From: Pasadena, CA Member No.: 1345 |
QUOTE "Hello...hello...(tap, tap, tap)...is this thing on? I just flew here all the way from Earth, boy are my solar panels tired! (pause for laughter) It's great to be here on the martian arctic plain...Do we have any martians out there tonight?...." But seriously, when is the microphone going to be activated? The recordings of Martian sounds would make a dramatic backdrop for every image of Mars ever captured. I'd hate to have the only sound sent to Earth be a 5-second clip of a solar panel snapping off from frost. [/vent] -------------------- Some higher resolution images available at my photostream: http://www.flickr.com/photos/31678681@N07/
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Oct 15 2008, 04:19 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2542 Joined: 13-September 05 Member No.: 497 |
The recordings of Martian sounds would make a dramatic backdrop for every image of Mars ever captured. Let me try to lower your expectations. The audio is only digitized at 8 KHz (telephone quality at best), so even if it does work, IMHO it's not going to "make a dramatic backdrop" to anything. -------------------- Disclaimer: This post is based on public information only. Any opinions are my own.
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Oct 15 2008, 04:27 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3648 Joined: 1-October 05 From: Croatia Member No.: 523 |
Please say it's not 8 bits/sample!
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