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, 07:54 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3516 Joined: 4-November 05 From: North Wales Member No.: 542 |
I was referring to the small rise in the middle of the basin at the lower right there. I think (though I'm not 100 percent sure) that it's visible as the middle-distance plateau almost at eye level, just to the right of Dumgoyne. The northern 'shore' of the basin that you delineate is also in view to the left of Dumgoyne.
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Oct 8 2012, 08:12 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 252 Joined: 5-May 05 From: Mississippi (USA) Member No.: 379 |
I was referring to the small rise in the middle of the basin at the lower right there. I think (though I'm not 100 percent sure) that it's visible as the middle-distance plateau almost at eye level, just to the right of Dumgoyne. The northern 'shore' of the basin that you delineate is also in view to the left of Dumgoyne. I am, as usual, uncertain what "small rise," you are referring to in the overhead view. I really can't see any small rise in a basin that looks like a plateau. However, I am fairly confident that I can identify what you describe as a "middle-distance plateau almost at eye level, just to the right of Dumgoyne" - in the Navcam view. My confidence is based on your description, as well as on my only seeing one feature that looks like a small plateau! I also think we agree on the identification of the northern shore of the basin. I would place that at about 450 -500 meters distant - if we are not both wrong. |
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Oct 8 2012, 08:28 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3516 Joined: 4-November 05 From: North Wales Member No.: 542 |
I am, as usual, uncertain what "small rise," you are referring to in the overhead view Thanks for persisting! I'll have one more go at explaining. On Peter's map http://petergrindrod.net/wp-content/upload...g-site-topo.png it's about 250 metres from Glenelg at two o'clock - just high enough for an 'island' of yellow colour. I think it may also be visible in the Bradbury Landing panorama. |
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Oct 8 2012, 09:56 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 222 Joined: 7-August 12 From: Garberville, CA Member No.: 6500 |
On Peter's map http://petergrindrod.net/wp-content/upload...g-site-topo.png it's about 250 metres from Glenelg at two o'clock - just high enough for an 'island' of yellow colour.... Ok ngunn, look right in the center of this anaglyph (this thing pops right out in 3D). There's a Big Island there. Is that the island you're looking for? Based on the Mt. Sharp ridge lines in the background it would be just a bit north of due east from the MSL position on Sol 51 from which this anaglyph was made, so pretty well corresponds to the island you're referring to on Peter's map. BTW this is a crop of a much larger anaglyph I'm working on from the Sol 51 Mastcams... -------------------- "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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