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 Jun 21 2011, 04:35 PM
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The view from the High Bay viewing gallery this morning.
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Oct 6 2011, 06:10 PM
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Some really detailed photos there; thanks for the heads up. I'm just drooling over those close ups!
Interesting to note that that the two rockets in each pair are not quite pointed in the same direction; I would hazard a guess that the ones pointing slightly more "outward" are the ones used at the end (to minimize the blast effects on any surface dust). And the wheels are covered in Mylar (or something similar to that) - I can't imagine they will be left like that; surely that must be to keep them as clean as possible until right before final packing up? If the covering is left on then it is bound to be shredded through use on Mars which would be very bad to then have lots of little pieces of insulation floating around. Airbag |
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Oct 7 2011, 06:56 PM
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QUOTE (Airbag @ Oct 6 2011, 10:10 AM)  And the wheels are covered in Mylar (or something similar to that) - I can't imagine they will be left like that; surely that must be to keep them as clean as possible until right before final packing up? The Mylar is now removed. The photo on the JPL page linked below shows the wheels nice and black just as the rover is about to be enclosed by the heat shield: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2011-313 -------------------- 2011 JPL Tweetup photos: http://www.rich-parno.com/aa_jpltweetup.html
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toddbronco2 Preparing for launch Jun 21 2011, 04:35 PM
ugordan Ha! Jun 21 2011, 04:47 PM KrisK There are some new pictures in KSC gallery:
Insta... Jun 21 2011, 09:10 PM Oersted Thx for the pics! Jun 21 2011, 09:17 PM eoincampbell Love that Spin Test photo, seems like those engine... Jun 22 2011, 05:45 AM punkboi Looks more like those engineers are taking a break... Jun 22 2011, 05:53 AM KrisK MSL & Descent stage both arrived at Florida:
h... Jun 23 2011, 08:40 PM ElkGroveDan - Jun 23 2011, 09:59 PM nprev The USAF C-17: When it absolutely, positively, has... Jun 24 2011, 01:11 AM Oersted So a lowly fork lift was the first stage of this s... Jun 27 2011, 12:15 AM nprev We do all tend to forget the critical importance o... Jun 27 2011, 12:36 AM KrisK Unpacking descent stage @ KSC:
More: http://med... Jun 28 2011, 09:07 PM djellison KrisK - there's no need to embed the images in... Jun 29 2011, 12:24 AM ElkGroveDan - Jun 29 2011, 12:36 AM nprev RE: Preparing for launch Jun 29 2011, 01:27 AM
MahFL I have few of questions about the desent stage thr... Jun 29 2011, 10:46 AM centsworth_II QUOTE (MahFL @ Jun 29 2011, 05:46 AM) I h... Jun 29 2011, 01:05 PM djellison QUOTE (MahFL @ Jun 29 2011, 03:46 AM) I h... Jun 29 2011, 01:51 PM MahFL It was a wrong assumption by me the thrusters woul... Jun 29 2011, 02:52 PM paxdan Yes
For stability
Lithobraking
100% is the origin... Jun 29 2011, 11:20 AM MahFL I assume safe landing could be made with less than... Jun 29 2011, 11:29 AM djellison How could that possibly work anyway - the vehicle ... Jun 29 2011, 03:05 PM g4ayu Looks like a lot of activity at the Cape today. Jul 18 2011, 06:28 PM peter59 Mars Science Laboratory's page is slightly cha... Jul 29 2011, 07:40 PM djellison QUOTE (peter59 @ Jul 29 2011, 12:40 PM) S... Jul 29 2011, 08:00 PM sgendreau QUOTE (peter59 @ Jul 29 2011, 12:40 PM) S... Aug 2 2011, 03:37 PM Lewis007 The first and Centaur stages of the Atlas-V rocket... Aug 2 2011, 07:54 AM Drkskywxlt Just got to see and stand near MSL's engineeri... Aug 4 2011, 11:25 PM pospa Whose was this idea? Somebody we know here?
Ben... Aug 7 2011, 01:05 PM nprev QUOTE (pospa @ Aug 7 2011, 05:05 AM) Whos... Aug 8 2011, 11:36 PM cIclops Video of Curiosity flight hardware being prepared ... Aug 8 2011, 04:45 PM pospa Due to longer tests of EDL phase during August the... Sep 1 2011, 01:11 PM climber Atlas stacking underway: http://www.spaceflightnow... Sep 13 2011, 08:47 PM punkboi MSL launch prep page now up on the KSC Media Galle... Oct 5 2011, 06:32 PM pospa QUOTE (punkboi @ Oct 5 2011, 08:32 PM) MS... Oct 6 2011, 08:23 PM djellison QUOTE (Airbag @ Oct 6 2011, 11:10 AM) I w... Oct 6 2011, 06:32 PM pospa QUOTE And, I think the mylar's coming off....p... Oct 6 2011, 08:07 PM climber Atlas 5 getting ready: http://www.spaceflightnow.c... Oct 14 2011, 07:39 PM pospa All MSL elements assembly (except MMRTG and some c... Oct 24 2011, 08:14 AM Oersted QUOTE (pospa @ Oct 24 2011, 10:14 AM) All... Oct 25 2011, 08:40 PM climber QUOTE (Oersted @ Oct 25 2011, 10:40 PM) S... Oct 25 2011, 09:02 PM djellison QUOTE (Oersted @ Oct 25 2011, 01:40 PM) S... Oct 25 2011, 09:27 PM vikingmars ...And "The Thinker" from Rodin, meditat... Oct 24 2011, 11:25 AM john_s Glad he's wearing a bunny suit over his tradit... Oct 24 2011, 07:20 PM ilbasso Hopefully he's not thinking, "Now where d... Oct 24 2011, 07:50 PM nprev ....no worries, Jonathon; the tool accountability ... Oct 25 2011, 01:42 AM Oersted ah, wauw, thanks for the info. Oct 26 2011, 01:31 PM eoincampbell Is the fairing hatch for the MMRTG seen in this vi... Oct 26 2011, 09:48 PM djellison I think so. Oct 26 2011, 11:16 PM pospa I do not think so.
The fairing hatch for the M... Oct 27 2011, 09:20 AM djellison QUOTE (pospa @ Oct 27 2011, 01:20 AM) The... Oct 27 2011, 02:33 PM punkboi MSL is now encapsulated by the Atlas V's paylo... Oct 28 2011, 07:03 AM pospa MSL payload fairing's got nice NASA & miss... Nov 4 2011, 08:43 AM pospa Not sure if this is the best thread to share this ... Nov 4 2011, 09:01 AM ilbasso I was within a couple of miles of the launch compl... Nov 6 2011, 10:15 PM CosmicRocker NASA to Hold Media Briefing About Mars Rover Launc... Nov 10 2011, 05:33 AM CosmicRocker The press conference has apparently been delayed 1... Nov 10 2011, 06:13 PM djellison That it was 15 mins 'late' was shared via ... Nov 10 2011, 07:08 PM Oersted And here you have the briefing, courtesy of the su... Nov 10 2011, 10:50 PM Oersted A question: what is the purpose of the white circu... Nov 10 2011, 11:06 PM djellison QUOTE (Oersted @ Nov 10 2011, 03:06 PM) A... Nov 11 2011, 12:13 AM CosmicRocker QUOTE (djellison @ Nov 10 2011, 01:08 PM)... Nov 11 2011, 12:04 AM Roby72 At which time they will connect the RTGs to the sp... Nov 11 2011, 05:36 AM djellison Next week. Nov 11 2011, 07:29 AM Oersted Thanks for the info Doug. Nov 11 2011, 08:31 PM cIclops Getting ready for launch!
http://youtu.be/vmn... Nov 18 2011, 10:34 AM pospa MMRTG has been installed yesterday (2011-11-17).
T... Nov 18 2011, 02:00 PM ElkGroveDan "There must have been some magic in that old ... Nov 18 2011, 06:18 PM nprev Very glad that this particular hat is firmly bolte... Nov 18 2011, 10:38 PM elakdawalla Launch delay by one day, to replace suspect batte... Nov 19 2011, 09:32 PM nprev Glad they caught this fairly early, as such things... Nov 19 2011, 09:39 PM ugordan QUOTE (nprev @ Nov 19 2011, 10:39 PM) Doe... Nov 19 2011, 10:10 PM Stu Oh NO!!! I'll be at work! It w... Nov 19 2011, 09:44 PM Explorer1 It says 'flight termination system battery... Nov 19 2011, 10:10 PM nprev Ah. Thanks, guys.
For some odd reason that seems ... Nov 19 2011, 10:31 PM ugordan It could be because the requirements for the FTS s... Nov 19 2011, 10:35 PM nprev Good point, G. There is a fairly significant metro... Nov 19 2011, 10:39 PM James Sorenson Question: After browsing through the KSC Multimedi... Nov 23 2011, 05:07 AM Oersted The cooling circuit is surely well-insulated. As f... Nov 23 2011, 01:01 PM nprev Not sure of the methods employed, but I'm cert... Nov 23 2011, 01:17 PM Leither http://planetaryprotection.nasa.gov/methods/
prov... Nov 24 2011, 10:03 PM pospa Another potential planetary protection "issue... Dec 5 2011, 08:38 AM nprev No, not at all. Dec 5 2011, 10:35 AM |
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