Mars 3 (Various Topics Merged) |
Mars 3 (Various Topics Merged) |
Dec 29 2004, 10:36 PM
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Interplanetary Dumpster Diver Group: Admin Posts: 4404 Joined: 17-February 04 From: Powell, TN Member No.: 33 |
On my website sometime back, I added a page on the image fragment sent back by the Mars-3 Lander. I released serveral versions, including the best quality processing using othodox techniques I would use on other images plus colorization here:
http://pages.preferred.com/%7Etedstryk/fragmentc.jpg However, I released another image, which I called a "What if" image. This image can be seen here http://pages.preferred.com/%7Etedstryk/m3s5b.jpg It was produced via extreme processing of the original data to make a Mars-like scene, but I made it clear on my website it was only a speculative image. I strongly doubt if the raw data even shows Mars at all - it could be all noise. But since this mode of processing looked strangely Viking-like, I figured I would put it on the web. I was warned by several, who said that while fun, some kooks might take it seriously. My response was that I really don't care what kooks think. Then I noticed this web page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_2 They used the overprocessed image. I feel like it is being presented as a true photograph. This is of concern. -------------------- |
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Apr 19 2006, 04:53 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 169 Joined: 17-March 06 Member No.: 709 |
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This discussion is very relevant to future Mars landers such as Phoenix and MSL. I have heard that significant funding ( about $20 million?) was added to the Phoenix project in response to results from the MERs' EDL. Other than that cryptic info, there has been silence about this from the Phoenix team. In fact, in an exchange of emails with one of the Phoenix team, I learned that they are convinced that the MPL was desroyed by the famous software bug that the Mishap Board uncovered. The software reset error on the Polar Lander is a good suspect. However, I worry that, with a suspect in hand, the other risks are being ignored. To me, the biggest risks are this uncertainty in Martian atmospheric density and the unexplained oscillations experienced by the ME Rovers. I agree with TheMessenger that we need to adequately instrument ALL future landing missions. Also, NASA should be more open about this issue and open to assistance from the UMSF community. Does anyone have insight into what, if anything, the Phoenix and MSL teams are doing to deal with this landing risk? |
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