Jim Bell Q'n'a, Questions Please |
Jim Bell Q'n'a, Questions Please |
Jan 22 2006, 11:06 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14434 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
Jim Bell's agreed to do a brief Q'n'A in a few days time, so similar to the one I did for Steve, I want your questions! Try and keep it quite 'current' if you can, as we're going to make this more a 'news' outlet than a look back type chat.
We're going to try, if this one works, to do these every couple of weeks or so, a bit of Rover news and a bit of Q'n'A each time, but we'll see how this one goes first! Fire away people If they're all crap, don't worry, I've got LOADS in mind. Doug |
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Jan 23 2006, 10:17 AM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14434 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
Not sure exactly how we'll go, obviously Jim will know things outside the realm of just Pancam, but obviously, it'd be interesting to keep it imaging related. No strict rules though - we'll see how it goes
Doug |
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Jan 23 2006, 11:45 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 562 Joined: 29-March 05 Member No.: 221 |
Next time they are doing earth observations can we get a little notice so i can go outside and wave
I'm also curious about the scope of nightime observations possible. An update about the status of the meteor searches and if they have more than one unambiguous trail. Also what about cometary or asteroid observations? Could the PMA be used like a star tracker during long PANCAM exposures. |
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Jan 23 2006, 02:11 PM
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Dublin Correspondent Group: Admin Posts: 1799 Joined: 28-March 05 From: Celbridge, Ireland Member No.: 220 |
With regard to mission lifetime are there any indications that the cameras are degrading?
Do the "true colour on mars" claims annoy you as much as they annoy us? If the rovers lose mobility but remain semi-operational what sort of imaging plans would be put in place? What is the lowest power level the rovers can continue to operate on in that situation? The rapid release PR images (the "Raw" data on the JPL and Exploratorium sites) are immensely popular with us amateur image nuts but their usefulness for more advanced processing is limited by the automatic contrast stretching that is applied when they are converted for release to these sites. Are there any plans to release actual "Raw" images more rapidly or would that be seen as a bad idea since they would be uncalibrated and would still be potentially unreliable data. What (for you) was the biggest surprise of the MER mission? |
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