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Preparing for launch |
Jun 21 2011, 04:35 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 33 Joined: 25-March 10 Member No.: 5281 |
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Aug 4 2011, 11:25 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 293 Joined: 29-August 06 From: Columbia, MD Member No.: 1083 |
Just got to see and stand near MSL's engineering model at JPL and it is AWESOME! Beast of a thing.
Was interesting to find out that it's actually run off the batteries the whole time and the RTG just keeps the battery fully charged. Tour was by Scott Maxwell and one of the project scientists...the scientist said 14-16 years of operations is certainly possible...as is driving OUT of Gale. Now let's just launch and land this thing |
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