Mars2020 landing cameras |
Mars2020 landing cameras |
Jun 15 2016, 10:19 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 22 Joined: 7-January 13 Member No.: 6834 |
I am so enthusiastic about the (proposed) Mars2020 camera suite during EDL, as presented today at IPPW:
- 3 PointGrey Chameleon 3 that will be on the skycrane and look up, to monitor parachute deployment at 150 fps. - 1 GoPro Hero 4 on the skycrane, looking down to monitor the rover descent and landing - 1 GoPro Hero 4 on the rover, looking up to monitor the skycrane and fly-away - 1 GoPro Hero 4 on the rover, looking down like MARDI did on Curiosity - MARDI, of course. All GoPro have microphone that will be activated, and have been tested successfully in the proper thermal and radiative environment. We should have some awsome footage if it actually flies. |
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Jun 16 2016, 04:06 AM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8785 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Do you have a published, verified reference for this information, Stratespace? I too find it extremely difficult to believe that they plan to fly consumer-grade cameras on any Mars surface mission.
In fact, I find it impossible. I doubt very much that off-the-shelf GoPro hardware could be sterilized to meet PPPs, pass environmental qualification or meet reliability/mission assurance standards, and that's by no means a comprehensive list of requirements. -------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Jun 16 2016, 04:16 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2542 Joined: 13-September 05 Member No.: 497 |
Do you have a published, verified reference for this information, Stratespace? http://ippw2016.jhuapl.edu/docs/abstracts/...rumentation.pdf page 18 has the system description but not the specific details. I wasn't at this conference but it seems unlikely that someone would just make this stuff up. -------------------- Disclaimer: This post is based on public information only. Any opinions are my own.
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Jun 16 2016, 04:38 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 691 Joined: 21-December 07 From: Clatskanie, Oregon Member No.: 3988 |
Commercial hardware has been slowly making its way to Mars. The Chemcam LIBS UV-VIS-NIR optical spectrometers are commercial spectrometers from Ocean Optics but were modified for the space enviornment and survival on Mars. So if the information Stratespace presented is true, and they do plan on using Chameleons and Gopros, I'd expect them to be modified as well to withstand the conditions, and during that process, extensively cleaned to satisfy PP protocols.
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