MSL Video Options

[Jim from NSF.com]

Saw the MSL video, which was similar to the MER video. It was awesome. Will try to get a copy

[elakdawalla]

Also, too bad the video doesn't show the skycrane crashing after leaving the rover.

Can you imagine the feedback if we did? A smouldering wreck with fuming hydrazine? A very expensive shot to model and animate as well. Not showing that was a very easy decision.

While I imagine it was an easy decision not to show the thing wrecking in detail, I have to own up to the fact that I wish the shot of it arcing away from the rover ended a little bit later, after it disappeared behind the horizon, followed a second later by a little "pfft" of dust, Wile E. Coyote style

I enjoyed the lovingly detailed shot of the MarsDial and the rover tai chi!

[djellison]

I have to own up to the fact that I wish the shot of it arcing away from the rover ended a little bit later, after it disappeared behind the horizon, followed a second later by a little "pfft" of dust, Wile E. Coyote style

So do I

When it premiered infront of 400 members of the MSL project - that moment got a brilliant reaction - exactly the same reaction as you could hear in the background audio of the Mars Odyssey launch when a forward looking rocket-cam cut out the very second the upper stage was due to ignite after 3rd stage sep.