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MSL landing site: Gale Crater
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post Jun 23 2011, 05:13 AM
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- elakdawalla   MSL landing site: Gale Crater   Jun 23 2011, 05:13 AM
- - PDP8E   nirgal, Your 23rd century image skills are very i...   Aug 4 2011, 06:57 PM
- - mhoward   Really great stuff, Nirgal. Currently on my deskto...   Aug 5 2011, 12:14 AM
- - machi   Nirgal, your images are really majestic!   Aug 5 2011, 12:36 AM
- - Oersted   Anything similar to this near Gale? http://www.nas...   Aug 12 2011, 10:25 AM
- - Paolo   I don't think so. In any case it would be very...   Aug 12 2011, 11:24 AM
|- - atomoid   QUOTE (Paolo @ Aug 12 2011, 03:24 AM) htt...   Aug 17 2011, 11:55 PM
- - AdamH   Hey folks, Here are a couple of Youtube videos of...   Sep 23 2011, 02:00 AM
|- - Oersted   QUOTE (AdamH @ Sep 23 2011, 04:00 AM) Nex...   Sep 26 2011, 09:00 PM
|- - AdamH   QUOTE (Oersted @ Sep 26 2011, 10:00 PM) G...   Sep 26 2011, 09:10 PM
- - Oersted   OMG, I still have a hard time getting my head arou...   Sep 27 2011, 12:55 PM
|- - AdamH   QUOTE (Oersted @ Sep 27 2011, 01:55 PM) O...   Sep 27 2011, 01:34 PM
|- - Oersted   Animated mystery man, woohoo! Thanks, this re...   Sep 28 2011, 07:19 AM
- - AdamH   Here's a Gale Crater flyaround tool I'd ap...   Oct 4 2011, 01:42 PM
|- - Nirgal   Thanks for this really cool software that enables ...   Oct 4 2011, 08:38 PM
- - AdamH   I've removed the above GaleCrater flyaround; i...   Dec 6 2011, 05:54 PM
|- - atomoid   QUOTE (AdamH @ Dec 6 2011, 09:54 AM) ...e...   Jan 20 2012, 06:22 PM
- - pospa   Gale crater central mound got a (informal) name - ...   Mar 29 2012, 12:28 PM
- - Oersted   Thanks for the link, great read.   Mar 29 2012, 10:37 PM
- - belleraphon1   Great series of talks from last months Abscicon re...   May 16 2012, 11:58 PM
- - Phil Stooke   Recently the informal name "Mount Sharp...   May 18 2012, 11:41 PM
- - elakdawalla   Huh. The usage of "Mount Sharp" is alrea...   May 19 2012, 12:07 AM
|- - JRehling   On a linguistic note, Aeolis strikingly resembles ...   May 23 2012, 07:43 PM
- - Phil Stooke   I think they will go with the official name, but m...   May 19 2012, 12:24 AM
- - nprev   Odd that USGS & IAU would decide to affix a fo...   May 19 2012, 02:31 AM
- - Phil Stooke   No, Aeolis is the region Gale is in. Gale itself ...   May 19 2012, 02:58 AM
- - nprev   Got it; thanks, Phil! Think Emily's right...   May 19 2012, 06:06 AM
- - djellison   Got to say - this is a very silly move by the IAU.   May 19 2012, 06:18 AM
- - Stu   Sounds like someone in the IAU has thrown his or h...   May 19 2012, 07:14 AM
- - djellison   It's disrespectful to the team that's put ...   May 19 2012, 08:06 AM
- - Phil Stooke   Sharp gets a crater nearby. By convention large M...   May 19 2012, 10:51 AM
- - mcaplinger   It's worth pointing out that unlike decisions ...   May 19 2012, 11:09 PM
- - djellison   The IAU could have just done nothing. What they...   May 19 2012, 11:11 PM
|- - mcaplinger   QUOTE (djellison @ May 19 2012, 03:11 PM)...   May 19 2012, 11:15 PM
- - PDP8E   There are a seven named peaks in Gusev in the vici...   May 19 2012, 11:37 PM
|- - djellison   QUOTE (PDP8E @ May 19 2012, 04:37 PM) The...   May 20 2012, 12:24 AM
|- - mcaplinger   QUOTE (PDP8E @ May 19 2012, 03:37 PM) The...   May 20 2012, 12:39 AM
- - PDP8E   ... there are 10 named hills in Gusev...add to the...   May 20 2012, 01:08 AM
|- - mcaplinger   QUOTE (PDP8E @ May 19 2012, 06:08 PM) ......   May 20 2012, 02:03 AM
- - mhoward   For what it's worth, I think Aeolis Mons makes...   May 20 2012, 04:40 AM
- - stevesliva   QUOTE (mcaplinger @ May 19 2012, 07:39 PM...   May 20 2012, 07:00 AM
- - nprev   Thanks for the reference image, Mike. Gotta admit...   May 20 2012, 07:23 AM
- - Stu   (sigh) The timing of this was either simply unfor...   May 20 2012, 09:51 AM
- - Phil Stooke   I don't think this type of speculation helps U...   May 20 2012, 01:33 PM
- - Stu   Hmm, maybe that's a good idea; I was getting a...   May 20 2012, 04:16 PM
|- - BrianL   QUOTE (Stu @ May 20 2012, 11:16 AM) Shame...   May 20 2012, 05:09 PM
- - Phil Stooke   The recent telecon on the resized landing ellipse ...   Jun 12 2012, 06:41 PM
- - Phil Stooke   This is a full resolution - but quite compressed -...   Jul 17 2012, 02:12 PM
|- - jmknapp   QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Jul 17 2012, 10:12 A...   Jul 17 2012, 07:56 PM
|- - RoverDriver   QUOTE (jmknapp @ Jul 17 2012, 12:56 PM) I...   Jul 17 2012, 09:17 PM
|- - jmknapp   QUOTE (RoverDriver @ Jul 17 2012, 05:17 P...   Jul 18 2012, 11:43 AM
|- - RoverDriver   QUOTE (jmknapp @ Jul 18 2012, 04:43 AM) T...   Jul 18 2012, 04:54 PM
|- - jmknapp   QUOTE (RoverDriver @ Jul 18 2012, 12:54 P...   Jul 19 2012, 09:32 AM
|- - RoverDriver   QUOTE (jmknapp @ Jul 19 2012, 01:32 AM) B...   Jul 19 2012, 01:32 PM
|- - jmknapp   QUOTE (RoverDriver @ Jul 19 2012, 09:32 A...   Jul 20 2012, 11:45 AM
|- - RoverDriver   QUOTE (jmknapp @ Jul 20 2012, 03:45 AM) T...   Jul 20 2012, 02:46 PM
|- - jmknapp   QUOTE (RoverDriver @ Jul 20 2012, 10:46 A...   Jul 23 2012, 12:35 AM
|- - RoverDriver   QUOTE (jmknapp @ Jul 22 2012, 05:35 PM) T...   Jul 23 2012, 04:04 AM
|- - jmknapp   QUOTE (RoverDriver @ Jul 23 2012, 12:04 A...   Jul 23 2012, 09:53 AM
- - akuo   Has there been any study of the traversability of ...   Jul 17 2012, 07:22 PM
|- - RoverDriver   QUOTE (akuo @ Jul 17 2012, 12:22 PM) Has ...   Jul 17 2012, 09:22 PM
- - Phil Stooke   Yes, lots, including recent operations with a test...   Jul 17 2012, 07:27 PM
- - brellis   Dang I'm already eating so many pistachios in ...   Jul 17 2012, 07:39 PM
- - Phil Stooke   Leave a few for us! Phil   Jul 17 2012, 07:43 PM
- - Phil Stooke   Not yet! (yes, the images exist, but no, not ...   Jul 17 2012, 08:22 PM
- - Stu   Phil, Hope you don't mind, I took your great ...   Jul 17 2012, 08:27 PM
- - Phil Stooke   That's what it's for! There's a l...   Jul 17 2012, 08:56 PM
- - kwan3217   Several minutes of google did not reveal the coord...   Jul 17 2012, 10:15 PM
- - Astro0   Really? Read the MSL Landing Press Kit. or here ...   Jul 17 2012, 10:41 PM
- - Syrinx   Re: The pic Stu posted with the target ellipse. W...   Jul 17 2012, 11:46 PM
|- - djellison   QUOTE (Syrinx @ Jul 17 2012, 03:46 PM) Wi...   Jul 18 2012, 12:14 AM
- - Phil Stooke   North is always up in anything I do, unless I forg...   Jul 18 2012, 12:00 AM
|- - RoverDriver   QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Jul 17 2012, 05:00 P...   Jul 18 2012, 01:16 AM
|- - fredk   QUOTE (RoverDriver @ Jul 18 2012, 01:16 A...   Jul 18 2012, 04:00 AM
- - Phil Stooke   I should be more specific and say that north is cl...   Jul 18 2012, 02:42 AM
- - Stu   QUOTE (RoverDriver @ Jul 18 2012, 02:16 A...   Jul 18 2012, 07:37 AM
|- - RoverDriver   QUOTE (Stu @ Jul 18 2012, 12:37 AM) Hmm. ...   Jul 18 2012, 05:06 PM
- - Phil Stooke   Stu - if you rotated mine to fit the NASA one (ins...   Jul 18 2012, 12:32 PM
- - Stu   Thanks Phil. Is it really that far out that I need...   Jul 18 2012, 12:46 PM
- - Phil Stooke   No, it's not far out. Don't bother - your...   Jul 18 2012, 12:50 PM
- - Stu   Ohhhhhh...... Now I've *got* to do it, ...   Jul 18 2012, 01:11 PM
- - Astro0   If for nothing else, Gale Crater is going to be a ...   Jul 20 2012, 10:15 AM
- - jamescanvin   Re: Handling HiRISE images. When I've worked t...   Jul 20 2012, 01:00 PM
- - Mars Attack   Great pics Astro! Does anyone know just how...   Jul 20 2012, 02:13 PM
- - Phil Stooke   "Matt Golombek was pretty clear that MSL will...   Jul 20 2012, 04:11 PM
|- - vjkane   QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Jul 20 2012, 08:11 A...   Jul 20 2012, 10:26 PM
- - Phil Stooke   A very good point, and I think there are other fan...   Jul 20 2012, 11:01 PM
|- - RoverDriver   QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Jul 20 2012, 04:01 P...   Jul 20 2012, 11:06 PM
|- - vjkane   QUOTE (RoverDriver @ Jul 20 2012, 03:06 P...   Jul 20 2012, 11:12 PM
|- - RoverDriver   QUOTE (vjkane @ Jul 20 2012, 04:12 PM) Th...   Jul 21 2012, 12:58 AM
- - Phil Stooke   We can play endless games about extended missions,...   Jul 20 2012, 11:34 PM
- - Astro0   QUOTE Which one are you missing? Paolo The bit I...   Jul 21 2012, 06:00 AM
|- - RoverDriver   QUOTE (Astro0 @ Jul 20 2012, 11:00 PM) Th...   Jul 21 2012, 06:22 AM
- - Astro0   QUOTE (RoverDriver @ Jul 21 2012, 04:22 P...   Jul 21 2012, 10:45 AM
|- - RoverDriver   QUOTE (Astro0 @ Jul 21 2012, 03:45 AM) Un...   Jul 21 2012, 02:58 PM
- - djellison   Tanya's mosaic is CTX, not HiRISE.   Jul 23 2012, 01:16 PM
- - RoverDriver   The mosaic that I work on is at 1mpp, 30000x46256 ...   Jul 23 2012, 02:53 PM
|- - jmknapp   QUOTE (RoverDriver @ Jul 23 2012, 10:53 A...   Jul 23 2012, 04:17 PM
|- - RoverDriver   QUOTE (jmknapp @ Jul 23 2012, 08:17 AM) H...   Jul 23 2012, 11:01 PM
- - nprev   Paolo, please don't stress. If there's any...   Jul 23 2012, 11:27 PM
- - RoverDriver   Joe (jmknapp) sent me a PM whose reply might be of...   Jul 24 2012, 01:29 AM
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