Robot Arm - Observations and Excavations |
Robot Arm - Observations and Excavations |
 May 30 2008, 05:15 AM
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Tricky to line up the two RAC images but here is my attempt.
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Steve G Robot Arm - Observations and Excavations May 30 2008, 05:15 AM
MicroKid Any idea what the long spiral looking object (lowe... May 30 2008, 06:26 AM
nilstycho Phoenix twitters "The picture shows a little ... May 31 2008, 05:08 PM Steve G I was wondering that when I stitched the images to... May 30 2008, 06:48 AM djellison EGD had a go at this in the Sol 3+ thread, I'm... May 30 2008, 07:51 AM djellison If I had to guess what it was - I'd say someth... May 30 2008, 07:54 AM um3k Sure looks like ice to me: http://fawkes3.lpl.ariz... May 31 2008, 03:47 AM bcory QUOTE (um3k @ May 30 2008, 11:47 PM) Sure... May 31 2008, 04:18 AM ElkGroveDan QUOTE (um3k @ May 30 2008, 07:47 PM) Sure... May 31 2008, 05:35 AM dvandorn Could be ancient duricrust, buried under a more re... May 31 2008, 04:57 AM ElkGroveDan QUOTE (dvandorn @ May 30 2008, 08:57 PM) ... May 31 2008, 05:40 AM centsworth_II QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ May 31 2008, 12:40 A... May 31 2008, 05:51 AM Marcel QUOTE (dvandorn @ May 31 2008, 05:57 AM) ... May 31 2008, 08:59 AM James Sorenson OMFG Im gonna need that swear jar now .
It looks... May 31 2008, 06:24 AM djellison The arm can't get to THAT Ice, the 'upper ... May 31 2008, 08:36 AM djellison Couple of RAC obs. May 31 2008, 11:15 AM ustrax If that is ice...that is GOLD!!!
The ... May 31 2008, 01:36 PM Doc I dont think thats ice. Wouldnt we see signs of su... May 31 2008, 11:39 AM eeergo I don't think smoke would be seen if it was ic... May 31 2008, 12:04 PM nprev Wouldn't the ability of any 'smoke' to... May 31 2008, 12:38 PM tasp Visible 'plumage' from exposed ice would d... May 31 2008, 12:47 PM DDAVIS 'Visible 'plumage' from exposed ice wo... May 31 2008, 02:12 PM tasp LOL.
See what happens when it takes me 10 minutes... May 31 2008, 12:49 PM nprev Just out of curiousity, with respect to the viewpo... May 31 2008, 02:32 PM bcory All I can say that it seems to me that whatever it... May 31 2008, 03:11 PM ilbasso What's the size of those patches relative to t... May 31 2008, 03:14 PM scalbers It was interesting at Friday's news conference... May 31 2008, 03:24 PM Marz Assuming those plates are ice [w00t!!... May 31 2008, 04:25 PM MahFL The Phoenix site seems down May 31 2008, 04:33 PM bcory QUOTE (MahFL @ May 31 2008, 12:33 PM) The... May 31 2008, 04:40 PM teck Is this a Philips screw? May 31 2008, 05:09 PM um3k QUOTE (bcory @ May 31 2008, 11:40 AM) It ... May 31 2008, 05:25 PM nprev QUOTE (um3k @ May 31 2008, 10:25 AM) Did ... May 31 2008, 11:38 PM mars loon QUOTE (nprev @ Jun 1 2008, 12:38 AM) Phoe... May 31 2008, 11:51 PM Decepticon If this does to turn out to frozen water, will thi... May 31 2008, 04:46 PM centsworth_II QUOTE (Decepticon @ May 31 2008, 12:46 PM... May 31 2008, 04:54 PM James Sorenson QUOTE (centsworth_II @ May 31 2008, 08:54... May 31 2008, 05:10 PM ugordan QUOTE (James Sorenson @ May 31 2008, 07:1... May 31 2008, 05:24 PM vikingmars With alittle processing you can see more easily un... May 31 2008, 04:49 PM scalbers These under the lander images are really neat and ... May 31 2008, 04:59 PM Decepticon QUOTE Do all the cleared off spots correlate well ... May 31 2008, 05:05 PM scalbers At the cold ambient temperatures sublimation would... May 31 2008, 05:20 PM dot.dk Remember there is the rasp on the backside of the ... May 31 2008, 05:27 PM centsworth_II QUOTE (dot.dk @ May 31 2008, 12:27 PM) Re... May 31 2008, 05:33 PM nilstycho I wonder what would be the pros and cons of a heat... May 31 2008, 05:47 PM eeergo They were expecting the hard ground, remember they... May 31 2008, 05:44 PM centsworth_II QUOTE (eeergo @ May 31 2008, 12:44 PM) Th... May 31 2008, 05:51 PM Cargo Cult QUOTE (centsworth_II @ May 31 2008, 06:51... May 31 2008, 06:37 PM centsworth_II QUOTE (Cargo Cult @ May 31 2008, 02:37 PM... May 31 2008, 06:58 PM 4th rock from the sun I've enhanced to under-side image to improve v... May 31 2008, 07:04 PM bcory http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/234067main_unde... May 31 2008, 06:04 PM OWW Scary thought: It could be frozen pools of leaked/... May 31 2008, 06:26 PM climber Holy cow, it's ICE : http://planetary.org/blog May 31 2008, 07:03 PM Steve G I think this is a splendid opportunity to put MARD... May 31 2008, 07:03 PM bcory Maybe the thrusters melted some of the ice and fo... May 31 2008, 07:39 PM MahFL The whole point of the mission is to find Water Ic... May 31 2008, 08:24 PM mars loon This JPL press release has a bit more detail about... May 31 2008, 10:12 PM SpaceListener Normally, the surface of ice is plain, 90 degree t... May 31 2008, 11:45 PM nprev Glad to hear that CNN is exercising some restraint... Jun 1 2008, 12:04 AM eeergo QUOTE (SpaceListener @ Jun 1 2008, 01:45 ... Jun 1 2008, 12:28 AM SpaceListener QUOTE (eeergo @ May 31 2008, 07:28 PM) Ta... Jun 1 2008, 02:36 AM JRehling The polygonal surface of the soil is enough to tel... Jun 1 2008, 03:38 AM bcory Accept here we're talking about permafrost gro... Jun 1 2008, 12:32 AM jmjawors For the record, CNN is reporting it, but thankfull... Jun 1 2008, 12:36 AM Thu The ChemCam should be very helpful in this case. D... Jun 1 2008, 01:45 AM tuvas QUOTE (Thu @ May 31 2008, 06:45 PM) The C... Jun 1 2008, 03:11 AM James Sorenson New images, is this a scoop mark in the soil?
htt... Jun 1 2008, 05:26 AM jmjawors QUOTE (James Sorenson @ Jun 1 2008, 12:26... Jun 1 2008, 05:41 AM djellison QUOTE (James Sorenson @ Jun 1 2008, 06:26... Jun 1 2008, 09:04 AM ElkGroveDan Now this one is cool, scoop, CD, and flag all in o... Jun 1 2008, 05:34 AM glennwsmith ElkGroveDan,
I thought you were going to referenc... Jun 1 2008, 06:53 AM 1101001 Any speculation as to the cause of the hollows in ... Jun 1 2008, 07:02 AM Steve G Sure looks like dirty ice, like what you see in th... Jun 1 2008, 07:28 AM climber I agree we've got to be cautious but, come on ... Jun 1 2008, 08:06 AM centsworth_II QUOTE (climber @ Jun 1 2008, 03:06 AM) ..... Jun 1 2008, 08:22 AM Syrinx Sorry to deviate from the excitement of ice for a ... Jun 1 2008, 09:15 AM climber QUOTE (Syrinx @ Jun 1 2008, 11:15 AM) Sor... Jun 1 2008, 10:11 AM Airbag I attempted to make an RGB image with one of the s... Jun 1 2008, 01:21 PM nilstycho But we do have relative knowledge of exposures... Jun 1 2008, 04:30 PM mhoward QUOTE (nilstycho @ Jun 1 2008, 10:30 AM) ... Jun 1 2008, 04:34 PM ugordan Knowing the exposures doesn't help us really. ... Jun 1 2008, 04:41 PM nilstycho Ah, OK. I forgot about the histogram stretch. So o... Jun 1 2008, 09:16 PM dvandorn Here is an observation that I will note I haven... Jun 1 2008, 04:16 PM Phil Stooke "Regarding the screw underneath the lander. M... Jun 1 2008, 04:42 PM djellison They don't have to deal with it - they have ca... Jun 1 2008, 10:14 PM nilstycho So do the originals hit PDS eventually, and until ... Jun 1 2008, 11:40 PM john_s Two reasons really- one is that the science team w... Jun 2 2008, 12:24 AM nilstycho Of course: Anti-scoopage. Thank you. Jun 2 2008, 01:24 AM cschmidt Thinking again about the ice, I have been wonderin... Jun 1 2008, 10:51 PM jbytów . Jun 1 2008, 11:25 PM elakdawalla Anti-scoopage is an important part of it, but that... Jun 2 2008, 01:50 AM nprev Kind of hate to ask this, but if a given amount of... Jun 2 2008, 02:17 AM Tom Tamlyn One of the MRO engineers is continuing to post fas... Jun 2 2008, 03:33 AM alan Speaking of scoopage the arm has grabbed its first... Jun 2 2008, 04:51 AM jmjawors QUOTE (alan @ Jun 1 2008, 11:51 PM) Speak... Jun 2 2008, 05:06 AM Reed Looks like it was scooped from the same area as th... Jun 2 2008, 05:22 AM dvandorn If this was the scoop-and-dump, the scoop leaks.
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False-color image saturated to 60%, of the RA sc... Jun 2 2008, 05:59 AM Marz whoa! Are the small clumps of blueish-white ... Jun 2 2008, 06:07 AM djellison I had a go at it myself - the LED's really wor... Jun 2 2008, 06:14 AM  |
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