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 25 2006, 02:18 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 447 Joined: 1-July 05 From: New York City Member No.: 424 |
1. Please discuss your reasons for being optimistic that the rovers have captured images of meteor trails.
2. Do the MER pancams share any significant systems with the "original" pancam discussed in Steve Squyres' book? Did the original pancam have any capabilities lacking in the MER pancams, or did subsequent advances in imaging technology result in the MER pancams being more capable all 'round. [Obviously No. 2 could also be a question for SS]. 3. In a recent news article, Phil Christensen is quoted as saying that the same wind events which cleaned off the solar arrays left the mini-TES lenses filthy. Has pancam encountered similar problems? [I believe that this was a 1/9/2006 Arizona Republic article mirrored by whatonmars.com, but no longer available for free] TTT |
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Jan 25 2006, 02:43 AM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14434 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
QUOTE (Tom Tamlyn @ Jan 25 2006, 02:18 AM) 3. In a recent news article, Phil Christensen is quoted as saying that the same wind events which cleaned off the solar arrays left the mini-TES lenses filthy. Has pancam encountered similar problems? [I believe that this was a 1/9/2006 Arizona Republic article mirrored by whatonmars.com, but no longer available for free] Oo - that's a GOOD one. I was going to ask about 'dirtyness' - but to have a comaprison with Mini TES is a news to me, a nice angle on it. It's IN. Doug |
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