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akuo
post Dec 22 2004, 09:03 AM
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Heatshield AHOY!

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post Dec 27 2004, 02:12 PM
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Latest shots fo the heatshield at http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...cam/2004-12-27/ . Is that white sheet which overlays the biggest fragment the actual heat-resistant cloth layer? If so, it came through Martian entry pristine-looking, with no visible sign of charring.

Also some nice closeups of the actual impact crater, such as http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...A3P2360L4M1.JPG -- confirming again that the shield, despite coming down fast enough to shatter itself, barely punched into the solid rock layer covered by just a few cm of sand -- and some more of the second-largest shield fragment, such as http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...A3P2360L7M1.JPG .
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- akuo   Heatshield   Dec 22 2004, 09:03 AM
- - OWW   What a mess!   Dec 22 2004, 10:05 AM
- - djellison   Wow - lots of chunks I think somebody flushed th...   Dec 22 2004, 10:21 AM
- - Sunspot   From the long range images of it - it didnt seem t...   Dec 22 2004, 10:34 AM
- - djellison   There you go ladies I've labelled the big bi...   Dec 22 2004, 10:50 AM
- - Sunspot   RE: Heatshield   Dec 22 2004, 11:03 AM
- - Sunspot   Could the object you labeled C in your picture act...   Dec 22 2004, 11:08 AM
- - OWW   This is one mangled piece of metal. When I look at...   Dec 22 2004, 11:17 AM
- - dot.dk   Now where did that BIG trench go How can it be...   Dec 22 2004, 11:37 AM
- - Sunspot   Here's the pancam image of the hole : http://...   Dec 22 2004, 11:42 AM
- - dot.dk   So it jumped out of the impact hole and did not ma...   Dec 22 2004, 11:44 AM
- - djellison   When I was refering to C and D - I meant the two p...   Dec 22 2004, 11:45 AM
- - djellison   RE: Heatshield   Dec 22 2004, 12:00 PM
- - djellison   It'd make a LOT of sense to approach that rock...   Dec 22 2004, 12:01 PM
- - akuo   These rocks seem to attract Crap from Outer Space....   Dec 22 2004, 12:17 PM
- - djellison   I think it might be two springs over by B - so tha...   Dec 22 2004, 12:29 PM
- - mhoward   QUOTE (akuo @ Dec 22 2004, 12:17 PM)As you al...   Dec 22 2004, 01:46 PM
- - jamescanvin   Why am I reminded of Beagle 2 when I look at these...   Dec 22 2004, 02:49 PM
- - djellison   QUOTE (mhoward @ Dec 22 2004, 01:46 PM)QUOTE ...   Dec 22 2004, 03:04 PM
- - azstrummer   Great picture Doug. My guess, based on how bent u...   Dec 22 2004, 04:31 PM
- - Baltic   Great pics! Christmas is early this year! ...   Dec 22 2004, 05:55 PM
- - djellison   'technically' - I've got what I asked ...   Dec 22 2004, 06:44 PM
- - Decepticon   Now I know what the Mars Polar Lander looks like.   Dec 22 2004, 07:03 PM
- - azstrummer   Happy birthday to Doug.......   Dec 22 2004, 07:24 PM
- - Gray   That image of the heat shield is another candidate...   Dec 22 2004, 07:53 PM
- - Baltic   QUOTE (djellison @ Dec 22 2004, 06:44 PM)...   Dec 22 2004, 09:06 PM
- - azstrummer   Great 3d heatshield pic from Marsunearthed.com: 3D...   Dec 22 2004, 10:16 PM
- - djellison   QUOTE (azstrummer @ Dec 22 2004, 10:16 PM)Gre...   Dec 22 2004, 11:02 PM
- - Mode5   Your work is superb. Thank you Doug. It would be ...   Dec 23 2004, 04:14 AM
- - CosmicRocker   Outstanding images...They really allow us to bette...   Dec 23 2004, 04:24 AM
- - azstrummer   Boy, do I agree with you. They seem to have reall...   Dec 23 2004, 04:31 AM
- - lyford   Awesome color mosaic - and Happy Birthday!   Dec 23 2004, 05:50 AM
- - CosmicRocker   QUOTE (azstrummer @ Dec 22 2004, 10:31 AM)......   Dec 23 2004, 07:17 AM
- - Baltic   Happy Birthday, Doug! Tom   Dec 23 2004, 07:25 AM
- - Stu   Happy Birthday Doug! In honour of all your...   Dec 23 2004, 08:07 AM
- - OWW   QUOTE (Stu @ Dec 23 2004, 08:07 AM)In honour ...   Dec 23 2004, 08:28 AM
- - djellison   My point was - you dont want to go up to it when t...   Dec 23 2004, 08:59 AM
- - ilbasso   Since two of the three craters that Oppy has studi...   Dec 23 2004, 07:17 PM
- - Stu   QUOTE (ilbasso @ Dec 23 2004, 07:17 PM)why no...   Dec 23 2004, 08:28 PM
- - Pando   HAVE A WONDERFUL BIRTHDAY, DOUG!!!   Dec 23 2004, 09:18 PM
- - OWW   What happened here? Bouncing airbags, bouncing hea...   Dec 23 2004, 09:25 PM
- - OWW   The heatshield from a different perspective:   Dec 23 2004, 09:27 PM
- - akuo   One more navcam picture. Not much of a hole at al...   Dec 23 2004, 11:15 PM
- - djellison   Ahh - see, there's an 'Ellison' Crater...   Dec 23 2004, 11:18 PM
- - Pando   I think we're not seeing much of the hole beca...   Dec 23 2004, 11:22 PM
- - djellison   Happy birthday to me... Happy birthday, to me.....   Dec 23 2004, 11:39 PM
- - MizarKey   Happy birthday Doug, didn't realize you were s...   Dec 24 2004, 12:00 AM
- - Sunspot   Hope you had a nice Birthday Doug I like this ...   Dec 24 2004, 12:10 AM
- - lyford   QUOTE (djellison @ Dec 23 2004, 11:39 PM)Does...   Dec 24 2004, 01:22 AM
- - BruceMoomaw   It's been very clear from the start of MER-B...   Dec 24 2004, 01:40 AM
- - Stu   QUOTE (Sunspot @ Dec 24 2004, 12:10 AM)I like...   Dec 24 2004, 10:24 AM
- - djellison   QUOTE (BruceMoomaw @ Dec 24 2004, 01:40 AM)Th...   Dec 24 2004, 10:51 AM
- - djellison   I assume this will be part of a 3 x 2 mosaic or so...   Dec 24 2004, 11:29 AM
- - Decepticon   In what image does it show Opps heading after the ...   Dec 24 2004, 01:59 PM
- - djellison   This sort of direction Due south basically Dou...   Dec 24 2004, 02:29 PM
- - BruceMoomaw   Latest shot of the heatshield is at http://qt.expl...   Dec 24 2004, 04:46 PM
- - djellison   I wonder what one of those springs would fetch on ...   Dec 24 2004, 05:07 PM
- - Pando   QUOTE (djellison @ Dec 24 2004, 10:07 AM)I wo...   Dec 24 2004, 05:13 PM
- - djellison   'Buyer Collects' Actually - didnt the R...   Dec 24 2004, 05:25 PM
- - Pando   In that case the heck with the spring, go with the...   Dec 24 2004, 05:44 PM
- - djellison   HAPPY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!! Now sod...   Dec 25 2004, 08:41 AM
- - volcanopele   Turkey not done yet :mad: But look at all that j...   Dec 25 2004, 09:43 PM
- - cassioli   I'm no more reading this forum since several m...   Dec 26 2004, 05:24 PM
- - Analyst   "Genesis" ist the poor little solar wind...   Dec 26 2004, 06:43 PM
- - pioneer   QUOTE BTW, is there any news on the sample quality...   Dec 26 2004, 09:54 PM
- - BruceMoomaw   Opinions seem to vary on whether the Genesis sampl...   Dec 26 2004, 11:32 PM
- - tedstryk   This is all good to hear. After reading his recent...   Dec 27 2004, 04:23 AM
- - jamescanvin   That picture is a great Christmas present Doug. Th...   Dec 27 2004, 12:01 PM
- - BruceMoomaw   In my own experience, Bell is right about 80-90% o...   Dec 27 2004, 02:10 PM
- - BruceMoomaw   Latest shots fo the heatshield at http://qt.explor...   Dec 27 2004, 02:12 PM
- - Sunspot   Do you think it would be safe enough to drive the ...   Dec 27 2004, 03:25 PM
- - ilbasso   Anybody have a guess at the heatshield's appro...   Dec 27 2004, 03:41 PM
- - BruceMoomaw   Yes, I have since been taken to the woodshed by an...   Dec 28 2004, 01:27 AM
- - BruceMoomaw   Has the rover rolled right up to one of the heat s...   Dec 28 2004, 01:40 AM
- - mhoward   QUOTE (BruceMoomaw @ Dec 28 2004, 01:40 AM)Ha...   Dec 28 2004, 02:18 AM
- - Mode5   The tread mark track at the 11 o'clock positio...   Dec 28 2004, 02:39 AM
- - Pando   QUOTE (Mode5 @ Dec 27 2004, 07:39 PM)The trea...   Dec 28 2004, 03:09 AM
- - Pando   Also, this image shows the assembly -- it does loo...   Dec 28 2004, 03:34 AM
- - mhoward   QUOTE (Pando @ Dec 28 2004, 03:09 AM)This ima...   Dec 28 2004, 03:50 AM
- - BruceMoomaw   Oog. That same guy on the Planetary Sciences webs...   Dec 28 2004, 09:10 AM
- - Sunspot   No time to stop.............. they've driven p...   Dec 28 2004, 10:34 AM
- - mhoward   I love that you can see Endurance Crater in the ba...   Dec 28 2004, 04:48 PM
- - ilbasso   Looking at the new view of the main shield fragmen...   Dec 28 2004, 05:40 PM
- - dot.dk   Can't see if the fragment has the protective s...   Dec 28 2004, 05:46 PM
- - ilbasso   Looks to me like this piece is twisted. The fragm...   Dec 28 2004, 06:43 PM
- - Pando   QUOTE I would bet that those blankets could blow a...   Dec 28 2004, 08:02 PM
- - Mode5   Eagle Crater! Egads, thanks for the correction...   Dec 29 2004, 08:34 AM
- - dot.dk   Looks like they are approaching the fragment   Dec 29 2004, 11:07 AM
- - Sunspot   Looks like burnt toast ..... kind of crispy.   Dec 29 2004, 11:13 AM
- - mhoward   In 3D:   Dec 29 2004, 02:27 PM
- - mhoward   Pancam closeup anaglyph:   Dec 29 2004, 02:28 PM
- - remcook   belated happy birthday doug! by the way: n...   Dec 29 2004, 02:32 PM
- - mhoward   Whoah! Color.   Dec 29 2004, 04:32 PM
- - alan   The ablative material looks like scorched carpet   Dec 29 2004, 06:16 PM
- - Pando   Latest: There are indications that there is a poss...   Dec 29 2004, 07:28 PM
- - dot.dk   QUOTE (Pando @ Dec 29 2004, 07:28 PM)Latest: ...   Dec 29 2004, 07:38 PM
- - ilbasso   Interesting mosaic of the heatshield impact crater...   Dec 29 2004, 07:55 PM
- - BruceMoomaw   It's hardly surprising that it came down uprig...   Dec 30 2004, 02:52 AM
- - dot.dk   Up close and personal   Dec 30 2004, 11:19 AM
- - mhoward   Real up close and personal!   Dec 30 2004, 03:00 PM
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