MSL development & assembly, Until it's shipped to the Cape |
MSL development & assembly, Until it's shipped to the Cape |
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In case you missed it there's 9 minutes on MSL (actual hardware visible) + 5 minutes with Dr Elachi on "This week in Space" there: http://www.spaceflightnow.com/
14 minutes out of 23 regarding Unmanned, not bad. -------------------- |
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He didn't go into specifics. He said the cold limits the mobility of the mast and would narrow/eliminate their targeting thusly. I'm speculating with what affect it will have long-term. The primary mission is 2 Earth years long! So, that works out to 2555-7300 targets, each of which will include ~20-50 laser pulses. That's a lot of operation!
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