MSL Curiosity Lands Safely in Gale Crater, Landing and Commissioning Activity Period 1A, sols 0-8 |
MSL Curiosity Lands Safely in Gale Crater, Landing and Commissioning Activity Period 1A, sols 0-8 |
 Aug 6 2012, 05:38 AM
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 Merciless Robot  Group: Admin Posts: 8784 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602  |
We are DOWN, ladies and gentlemen...we are down!!!!
This is the place to talk about it. Congratulations to the MSL team!!!!!!!! -------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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nprev MSL Curiosity Lands Safely in Gale Crater Aug 6 2012, 05:38 AM
dvandorn If the descent stage kicked up a cloud of dust as ... Aug 7 2012, 04:39 PM MarkG Just adding my congratulations to the long list. ... Aug 7 2012, 04:39 PM Mongo Looking at Pando's animated GIF, it appears to... Aug 7 2012, 04:41 PM Pando A more enhanced version. This is getting very inte... Aug 7 2012, 04:48 PM
Drkskywxlt QUOTE (Pando @ Aug 7 2012, 12:48 PM) A mo... Aug 7 2012, 05:12 PM Oersted I don't think the hazcam images would have bee... Aug 7 2012, 04:51 PM dvandorn Maybe, Mongo. Also, though, remember what the dyn... Aug 7 2012, 04:52 PM Oersted HiRise image. Descent stage is around 650 meters a... Aug 7 2012, 05:19 PM fredk Interesting thought, other Doug, about a localized... Aug 7 2012, 04:55 PM ugordan QUOTE (fredk @ Aug 7 2012, 06:55 PM) then... Aug 7 2012, 04:59 PM RoverDriver The correct location will be announced shortly. K... Aug 7 2012, 04:57 PM MaG Can you tell me, what about times, that are below ... Aug 7 2012, 05:10 PM Explorer1 Beatufiul! Well there goes the skycrane theory... Aug 7 2012, 05:14 PM Drkskywxlt Wow...amazing HIRISE image of all the landing syst... Aug 7 2012, 05:14 PM gpurcell Love that oblique impact from the skycrane. Looks... Aug 7 2012, 05:20 PM dvandorn And, while my theory isn't disproven by this, ... Aug 7 2012, 05:21 PM Drkskywxlt The skycrane impact ejecta looks like a skycrane... Aug 7 2012, 05:21 PM Drkskywxlt Just smudge-hunting, but there's 4 darker spot... Aug 7 2012, 05:26 PM Doc QUOTE (Drkskywxlt @ Aug 7 2012, 08:26 PM)... Aug 7 2012, 06:09 PM Skyrunner Tomorrow we'll see this image in the paper
Bu... Aug 7 2012, 05:27 PM Pando Screen caps of the landing site from NASA webcast: Aug 7 2012, 05:28 PM gpurcell Looks like a major component hit, bounced twice, a... Aug 7 2012, 05:31 PM Oersted So, the direction vis a vis the supposed cloud mat... Aug 7 2012, 05:32 PM Explorer1 Yeah, no wonder they don't want to drive near ... Aug 7 2012, 05:32 PM Syrinx I want to thank the Irish TV guy for asking the qu... Aug 7 2012, 05:38 PM Oersted Dust cloud question in the press conference!
... Aug 7 2012, 05:39 PM xflare This stood out to me more than the edl sites. 3 D... Aug 7 2012, 05:40 PM Gladstoner . Aug 7 2012, 07:43 PM MahFL Does anyone know which anaglyph covers the lading ... Aug 7 2012, 08:02 PM RoverDriver QUOTE (MahFL @ Aug 7 2012, 01:02 PM) Does... Aug 7 2012, 08:04 PM Pando Direct question was asked about the plume in the r... Aug 7 2012, 05:41 PM volcanopele The new HiRISE image is now available (so you don... Aug 7 2012, 05:41 PM Doc QUOTE (volcanopele @ Aug 7 2012, 08:41 PM... Aug 7 2012, 05:49 PM JTN QUOTE (volcanopele @ Aug 7 2012, 06:41 PM... Aug 7 2012, 05:59 PM Tesheiner QUOTE (JTN @ Aug 7 2012, 07:59 PM) but th... Aug 7 2012, 06:04 PM rogelio "HiRise image. Descent stage is around 650 me... Aug 7 2012, 06:03 PM john_s QUOTE (JTN @ Aug 7 2012, 11:59 AM) Also p... Aug 7 2012, 06:03 PM Greenish Looking at the HiRise image, that's a big blas... Aug 7 2012, 06:06 PM fredk Bigger than that - at 0.12 deg/px and 650 m distan... Aug 7 2012, 06:15 PM akuo Hmm, considering Curiosity herself was bright whit... Aug 7 2012, 06:20 PM JTN QUOTE (akuo @ Aug 7 2012, 07:20 PM) Hmm, ... Aug 7 2012, 06:51 PM Doc Hey you're right! She must be as dirty as ... Aug 7 2012, 06:27 PM JayB for anyone who was having trouble before the Spect... Aug 7 2012, 06:58 PM ZLD Noticed you can make out half the wheels on the Cu... Aug 7 2012, 07:37 PM CosmicRocker QUOTE (RoverDriver @ Aug 7 2012, 11:57 AM... Aug 7 2012, 08:16 PM Tesheiner QUOTE (CosmicRocker @ Aug 7 2012, 10:16 P... Aug 7 2012, 08:42 PM Tesheiner QUOTE (Tesheiner @ Aug 7 2012, 10:42 PM) ... Aug 7 2012, 09:59 PM fredk QUOTE (CosmicRocker @ Aug 7 2012, 08:16 P... Aug 7 2012, 09:56 PM MahFL QUOTE (fredk @ Aug 7 2012, 10:56 PM) ... ... Aug 7 2012, 10:08 PM JayB I thought the dark area around the landing area wa... Aug 7 2012, 08:23 PM Oersted QUOTE (JayB @ Aug 7 2012, 09:23 PM) using... Aug 7 2012, 09:46 PM JRehling On the dark area around MSL, I perused a graph of ... Aug 7 2012, 10:19 PM Oersted QUOTE (JRehling @ Aug 7 2012, 11:19 PM) P... Aug 7 2012, 10:34 PM Phil Stooke I watched the landing live but out of touch the la... Aug 7 2012, 08:41 PM bgarlick Wasn't there an ODY pass in the last few hours... Aug 7 2012, 09:04 PM Oersted I am not surprised by the extent of the rocket plu... Aug 7 2012, 09:39 PM dmg Now that the sun has risen at Curiosity does anyon... Aug 7 2012, 09:53 PM mcaplinger QUOTE (dmg @ Aug 7 2012, 01:53 PM) And do... Aug 7 2012, 10:07 PM erwan QUOTE (Tesheiner @ Aug 7 2012, 08:42 PM) ... Aug 7 2012, 10:05 PM elakdawalla I'm reading up on MAHLI and came across someth... Aug 7 2012, 10:10 PM mcaplinger QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Aug 7 2012, 02:10 PM... Aug 7 2012, 10:24 PM elakdawalla QUOTE (mcaplinger @ Aug 7 2012, 02:24 PM)... Aug 7 2012, 10:38 PM mcaplinger QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Aug 7 2012, 02:38 PM... Aug 7 2012, 10:42 PM Roby72 Any news about the rich data sets of EDL - MRO and... Aug 7 2012, 10:47 PM CosmicRocker QUOTE (Tesheiner @ Aug 7 2012, 04:59 PM) ... Aug 7 2012, 11:26 PM nprev Mod note: Discussion of MSL EDL artifacts moved he... Aug 8 2012, 12:22 AM jamescanvin Navcam! Mast is up.
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov... Aug 8 2012, 07:43 AM Nix wow !!!! Aug 8 2012, 07:45 AM ugordan Whoa! And nothing's caked with dust, neith... Aug 8 2012, 07:45 AM walfy QUOTE (jamescanvin @ Aug 7 2012, 11:43 PM... Aug 8 2012, 07:54 AM SFJCody What with the dusty hazcam lens covers and low alb... Aug 8 2012, 08:07 AM akuo I had to give an audible Whoop! for the Mast (... Aug 8 2012, 08:12 AM SFJCody I like how distinctly different the ground looks. ... Aug 8 2012, 08:23 AM Oersted I am not aware of what material the name tag is ma... Aug 8 2012, 08:34 AM Sandro Hey Everyone
I'm really impressed about the f... Aug 8 2012, 08:59 AM Doc QUOTE (Sandro @ Aug 8 2012, 11:59 AM) Sti... Aug 8 2012, 09:26 AM Doc Great Navcam images! They're going to pan ... Aug 8 2012, 09:05 AM jamescanvin Here is the navcam image with vignetting removed. Aug 8 2012, 09:28 AM ugordan QUOTE (jamescanvin @ Aug 8 2012, 11:28 AM... Aug 8 2012, 09:34 AM Gladstoner . Aug 8 2012, 09:30 AM Decepticon Sol 2 Images.
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/multim... Aug 8 2012, 09:37 AM jamescanvin QUOTE (ugordan @ Aug 8 2012, 10:34 AM) Is... Aug 8 2012, 09:44 AM antipode QUOTE Sol 2 Images.
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/... Aug 8 2012, 09:52 AM jamescanvin Oh My! Aug 8 2012, 09:57 AM Gladstoner . Aug 8 2012, 09:57 AM Barry Barsoom!... Aug 8 2012, 10:02 AM jamescanvin Anaglyph!
Now excuse me while I fall off my... Aug 8 2012, 10:07 AM Doc The dark spots in the image are intriguing. And th... Aug 8 2012, 10:11 AM  |
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