MSL "scarecrow" mobility model |
MSL "scarecrow" mobility model |
Jun 20 2007, 04:17 PM
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Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 5172 Joined: 4-August 05 From: Pasadena, CA, USA, Earth Member No.: 454 |
I went to JPL yesterday to see them put the mobility model for MSL through its paces. It is HUGE!
Lots of pictures and video posted at http://www.planetary.org/blog/article/00001010/ I have the pictures (but not the video) at twice the resolution if anyone needs them for artistic purposes. --Emily -------------------- My website - My Patreon - @elakdawalla on Twitter - Please support unmannedspaceflight.com by donating here.
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Jun 20 2007, 04:21 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2173 Joined: 28-December 04 From: Florida, USA Member No.: 132 |
Lots of pictures and video posted at http://www.planetary.org/blog/article/00001010/ Yeow! Watch your toes! |
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Jun 20 2007, 04:35 PM
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Lord Of The Uranian Rings Group: Members Posts: 798 Joined: 18-July 05 From: Plymouth, UK Member No.: 437 |
Holy moly - it's a MONSTER!
Excellent report Emily (and great new portrait, if I may say so ). The Pluto rover looks interesting too - are there any tentative plans to send smaller vehicles of this sort to Mars en masse? They would be great for scouting missions; looking for suitable locations for a MSL class rover to explore in more detail. Ian. -------------------- |
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Jun 20 2007, 04:38 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14434 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
LOVE the way they got JPL _|qL (that's supposed to be jpl backwards ) into the wheel tread
I think expletives were justified and frankly - required. Doug |
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Jun 20 2007, 04:43 PM
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Lord Of The Uranian Rings Group: Members Posts: 798 Joined: 18-July 05 From: Plymouth, UK Member No.: 437 |
Are we allowed to say 'smeg' on this board, Doug?
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Jun 20 2007, 04:47 PM
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I think I have some new suggestions for your prospective UMSF title, Emily
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Jun 20 2007, 04:58 PM
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Those Wheels !!!!!
Would any of the dunes encountered by Opportunity during the drive to Victoria been a problem for MSL? |
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Jun 20 2007, 06:24 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Couple of 3Ds, hope you don't mind Emily...
And I agree, that's a great new pic of you up at TPS, if you don't mind me saying so. -------------------- |
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Jun 20 2007, 07:33 PM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 4763 Joined: 15-March 05 From: Glendale, AZ Member No.: 197 |
Nice to get a glimpse of the "new Mars Yard." I see they are set up to deal with every eventuality, including MSL encountering a steel shed.
-------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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Jun 20 2007, 07:41 PM
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And if one is in the sweet spot of Mars' diurnal temperature cycle, one can even wear sandals. I have another question: was the toenail polish space qualified for martian surface operations or is it an engineering model, too?
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Jun 20 2007, 07:57 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3419 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Minneapolis, MN, USA Member No.: 15 |
Oh, I imagine the nail polish would work fine on Mars. The toes themselves, of course, would puff up and start bleeding from underneath the nails... but the polish would survive just fine.
-the other Doug -------------------- “The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.” -Mark Twain
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Jun 20 2007, 08:31 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Of course, different nails could be painted with different coloured nail polishes and then used as colour calibration references... make a change from that *&&^%^%&^&*&&^^ sundial!!!!
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Jun 20 2007, 08:50 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2922 Joined: 14-February 06 From: Very close to the Pyrénées Mountains (France) Member No.: 682 |
TPS, please do NOT send a microphone with this one, she's too noisy
trying to match wheels size but the board doesn't allow enough emoticons -------------------- |
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Jun 20 2007, 08:58 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14434 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
I remember watching videos of little FIDO - that's quite noisy as well. FIDO was used for a lot of field tests to learn how to 'do' MER style ops - the little PLuto rover - just out the door to the right - is what I think FIDO has now turned into.
http://planetary.org/image/marsyard_20070619_img_1835.jpg The varnish would have to go through thermal-vac testing along with the toes...and that's probably not recommended. Doug |
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Jun 20 2007, 10:27 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1281 Joined: 18-December 04 From: San Diego, CA Member No.: 124 |
From the way the shadows in the thumbnail look, I thought Emily got to ride on the MSL and dangle her feet overboard Not that JPL is getting into the hay ride business anytime soon. And full chutzpah points for those "custom treads." If only it were flight hardware.... -------------------- Lyford Rome
"Zis is not nuts, zis is super-nuts!" Mathematician Richard Courant on viewing an Orion test |
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