MSL Post Landing - Commissioning Period & Early Observations, Commissioning Activity Period 1B - Sols 9 through 16 |
MSL Post Landing - Commissioning Period & Early Observations, Commissioning Activity Period 1B - Sols 9 through 16 |
Aug 14 2012, 06:24 PM
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Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 5172 Joined: 4-August 05 From: Pasadena, CA, USA, Earth Member No.: 454 |
Now that Curiosity has her driving and science software installed and is ready to proceed, I figured it was time for a new thread. Please keep sol 0-8 discussion in the previous thread (including discussion of the full-frame MARDIs, as they come down), and post new stuff here.
Things to look forward to: a Mastcam pan of the top of the mountain to be uplinked in the next sol or two; testing of the steering actuators on sol 13; first drive on sol 15. This period, which Grotzinger told me would take "no fewer than 6 sols," will be followed by an "Intermission," during which the science team may choose to drive to a new site (not very far away) for Commissioning Activity Period 2, when they'll commission the arm and its instruments. Also, an admin note: we allowed a lot of chit-chat in the landing thread because we were all so excited about the successful landing But as we move forward, I'd like to ask people to be mindful of forum rule 2.2. The strength of this forum is in its high signal-to-noise ratio; avoid posting things that just say "wow, awesome" or "I agree." Please keep chit-chat to the chit-chat forum. -------------------- My website - My Patreon - @elakdawalla on Twitter - Please support unmannedspaceflight.com by donating here.
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Aug 20 2012, 11:47 AM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 27 Joined: 6-August 12 From: Leeds, Yorkshire, UK Member No.: 6469 |
Hello everyone. My first post, so a brief introduction. A newbie poster here, but a daily reader and lifelong spaceflight fan. I still have all the newspapers I collected as a boy when any space-related item appeared, from Sputnik to the moon landings. At 13, when I saw the first Mariner photos of Mars, I was utterly convinced that one day I would go there myself and have a good look around.
Well, all these years have passed, I've travelled far and wide but and I never did make it to Mars. And yet, thanks to NASA, JPL, guys like you and the wonders of the internet, I have indeed been to Mars. In fact, I go there every day and have a good look around, just like I always wanted. Thanks to Stu's excellent "Road to Endeavour" blog, I've followed Oppy every step of the way of her epic journey, and now I'm soaking up every detail of the fantastic, fascinating landscape of Gale Crater. Thank you, one and all. I am truly grateful. OK, enough romantic hogwash, I'll stick to science now I've said hello. Can anyone identify for me which mastcam raw image contains the target site of Glenelg? Using the following data I've walked the route on Google Mars and so I know the part of the panorama I should be looking at, but I'm uncertain as the exact location within a particular raw frame. Curi: 4°35'22.15"S, 137°26'30.00"E Glenelg: 4°35'24.00"S, 137°26'55.00"E (estimated) Antonb |
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Aug 20 2012, 01:04 PM
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....Can anyone identify for me which mastcam raw image contains the target site of Glenelg? Have you seen Phil Stooke's interpretation in this post? |
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Aug 20 2012, 02:50 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 27 Joined: 6-August 12 From: Leeds, Yorkshire, UK Member No.: 6469 |
Have you seen Phil Stooke's interpretation Yes, I saw that projection, which led me to believe the mastcam raw image containing Glenelg is this frame. I know Glenelg itself is hidden from Curi right now, but can anyone indicate the general area on this frame that we're heading for? Thanks. |
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