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Nov 26 2011, 03:50 PM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8785 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Okay, we're off and running! Please post all comments relating to MSL's transit to Mars here.
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Dec 26 2011, 11:40 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2106 Joined: 13-February 10 From: Ontario Member No.: 5221 |
How large would an event have to be to seriously impact the electronics on-board MSL? I remember how the MERs avoided the really big ones on their cruise around Halloween 2003, with lots of relief on the ground.
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Dec 27 2011, 08:05 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2173 Joined: 28-December 04 From: Florida, USA Member No.: 132 |
According to Curiosity and the Solar Storm, CMEs present no threat to MSL.
"With solar activity on the upswing it's only a matter of time before a CME engulfs the Mars-bound rover. That suits some researchers just fine. As Don Hassler of the Southwest Research Institute (SWRI) in Boulder, Colorado, explains, 'We look forward to such encounters because Curiosity is equipped to study solar storms.' Encounters with CMEs pose little danger to Curiosity. By the time a CME reaches the Earth-Mars expanse, it is spread so thin that it cannot truly buffet the spacecraft." |
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