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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Aug 28 2016, 11:38 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2922 Joined: 14-February 06 From: Very close to the Pyrénées Mountains (France) Member No.: 682 |
There is the following information on AW&ST August 15-28 2016 issue regarding the microphone:
"SuperCam also will have a microphone, both to gather information about the targets being hit with the laser light and to collect more data on the Martian weather. Wind sounds will be correlated with wind-speed measurements collected by the rover's weather instruments, while the volume of sound generated by laser's "zap" is directly proportional to the hardness of the rocks". The quote is from Roger Wiens of Los Alamos, the PI of both ChemCam and SuperCam This is much more than I was anticipating regarding sound conduction by Martian air. Must be very sensitive to collect such information. Most of us were thinking we'll listen only at rover's noises I'd said. -------------------- |
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