MSL FAQ - The pool of questions |
MSL FAQ - The pool of questions |
Jun 1 2007, 03:11 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14434 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
Rob Manning and I swopped emails last night - and we think it might make sense to pool all the questions people have about MSL (and specifically MSL's EDL ) into one thread - and then answer as many as make sense either via a Q'n'A in the style of the previous ones I've done with Steve and Jim - or via Rob's typing fingers.
It'll be a few weeks till we sort this out - but submit-away until then Doug |
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Jun 7 2007, 12:08 AM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 89 Joined: 25-January 06 Member No.: 661 |
Holy smokes! I leave you folks for a few days and when I come back I find a ton of (excellent) questions!
I apologize in advance in my tardiness. I have read both the questions and the responses of others (so far) and I am looking forward to making a stab at satisfying your curiousity (and if you are like me, your curiousity may never end!) I am swamped this past week and much of next so I may have little chance to pop in (Phoenix & MSL reviews), but I will try to find moments here and there. Just a quick note. Doug, I know that the naming story is getting old, but I did promise here that I would ask Adam about the naming conventions. He made it clear to me that the words that they are allowed to use for copyright reasons is "sky crane" (not Sikorsky's Skycrane). I will have to remember that. And yes, the new captioned animation at JPL's site incorrectly identified the descent stage as the "sky crane". The MSL EDL gang had not seen the animation. We may have to make a rev B. Finally the word "lander" is never used to describe MSL equipment by the MSL gang. Those of you who are taking a stab at answering questions are doing a great job ! (It is especially nice that Mike C is here to help too. I know little about the MSL cameras.) -Rob |
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