MSL at Rocknest, First scoop samples - sols 57-101 |
MSL at Rocknest, First scoop samples - sols 57-101 |
Oct 3 2012, 12:30 AM
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Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 5172 Joined: 4-August 05 From: Pasadena, CA, USA, Earth Member No.: 454 |
Curiosity has put more than 400 meters on the odometer and tosol (sol 56) she bumped up to a sand drift that we now know (via Twitter) is named Rocknest and will be the site of the first sample grab. In last week's press briefing, John Grotzinger warned that we will be here for "what seems like a very long time," 2-3 weeks. They will have to run several samples through the SA-SPaH (Sample Acquisition, Processing and Handling subsystem, pronounced "Saw-spa") and in particular CHIMRA (Collection and Handling for In situ Martian Rock Analysis, pronounced "chimera") in order to "clean" it of any remaining Earthly contamination with good Mars dirt before they deliver the first sample to SAM or Chemin. So this seems like a good place to start a new thread.
As usual, discuss stuff that happened through sol 56 in the previous thread. -------------------- My website - My Patreon - @elakdawalla on Twitter - Please support unmannedspaceflight.com by donating here.
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Oct 8 2012, 07:36 PM
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Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 5172 Joined: 4-August 05 From: Pasadena, CA, USA, Earth Member No.: 454 |
No, it's just that Malin is holding some (usually the juiciest) Mastcam images for 24 hours before release, unlike Edgett who's letting MAHLI images go out pretty much immediately. 24 hours is not too long for me to wait, but you can bet I'm checking the raws page pretty frequently right now
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Oct 8 2012, 07:55 PM
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...Mastcam images for 24 hours before release... Are any of the Mastcam images being released in less than 24 hours? (Not counting press release images.) -------------------- Disclaimer: This post is based on public information only. Any opinions are my own.
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Oct 8 2012, 08:23 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 222 Joined: 7-August 12 From: Garberville, CA Member No.: 6500 |
Are any of the Mastcam images being released in less than 24 hours? (Not counting press release images.) Hmmm. Well, according to jmknapp's raw image browser, using the "sort by lag time" function the soonest any Mastcam image has ever come down (thumbnail or not) is 25 hours.... so there we are. -------------------- "We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time." -T.S. Eliot
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