MSL landing site: Gale Crater |
MSL landing site: Gale Crater |
Jul 23 2011, 12:30 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2082 Joined: 13-February 10 From: Ontario Member No.: 5221 |
It's gonna be beautiful, dust or no dust.
Will the mountain really be that bright? |
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Jul 23 2011, 01:07 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 252 Joined: 5-May 05 From: Mississippi (USA) Member No.: 379 |
Some context
Size: Gusev ~ 166 km diameter Gale ~ 155 km diameter Vistas I thought the view from the top of Husband hill was very impressive. I think we were close to 80-100 meters above the plains below. |
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Jul 23 2011, 03:38 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 242 Joined: 21-December 04 Member No.: 127 |
What I really love about this site is the vertical relief and huge stratigraphic column that the rover will traverse, particularly since the landing ellipse is in the deepest trough of the crater. As awesome as Oppy's mission has been our ability to peer deeply into the past there is limited.
Gale will be the grandest Mars mission of our lifetime. I am so excited about this. |
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Jul 23 2011, 12:19 PM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10151 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
Ant's panorama is fantastic... so I made a circular version of it. What a great place this is going to be.
Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
Also to be found posting similar content on https://mastodon.social/@PhilStooke Maps for download (free PD: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/comm...Cartography.pdf NOTE: everything created by me which I post on UMSF is considered to be in the public domain (NOT CC, public domain) |
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Jul 23 2011, 07:01 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 808 Joined: 10-October 06 From: Maynard Mass USA Member No.: 1241 |
QUOTE .... On page 16 of this paper by K.S. Edgett of Malin Space Systems ...... Did anyone notice that this paper's font is Comic Sans? (ouch!) -------------------- CLA CLL
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Jul 23 2011, 08:08 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 753 Joined: 23-October 04 From: Greensboro, NC USA Member No.: 103 |
Big plus for this site is that "Gale" is sooooo much easier to pronounce than "Mawrth".
Unless you're a cat. -------------------- Jonathan Ward
Manning the LCC at http://www.apollolaunchcontrol.com |
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Jul 24 2011, 02:28 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 7 Joined: 20-July 07 From: Grenoble, France Member No.: 2904 |
Hi everyone! I made an alternate version from those of Ant of what a panorama from Curiosity may look like. I'm not sure about the atmosphere opacity and therefore the viewing distance though...
I extracted data (overlay and DTM) from the HRSC camera onboard Mars Express. As you can see the picture resolution is average. I need to start working with CTX of HiRISE data though I'm not 100% sure my small laptop will handle it... I am sorry about the watermarks but I use the Personal Learning Edition of Vue 9.5 Software. That could really look great without them! PS: You can download the full version (in PNG) here! |
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Jul 24 2011, 08:35 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2920 Joined: 14-February 06 From: Very close to the Pyrénées Mountains (France) Member No.: 682 |
Very nice but look also very "Alien" because of PLEV.
BTW I wonder WHEN did you find time to do this since the Tour de France was in your city yesterday -------------------- |
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Jul 24 2011, 07:07 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 150 Joined: 3-June 08 From: McLean, VA Member No.: 4177 |
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Jul 24 2011, 08:54 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 753 Joined: 23-October 04 From: Greensboro, NC USA Member No.: 103 |
Did anyone pick this up on page 7 of that presentation?
QUOTE The mound, itself, was eroded by streams. A liquid, perhaps water, beer, or vodka, cut deep canyons into the mound....
-------------------- Jonathan Ward
Manning the LCC at http://www.apollolaunchcontrol.com |
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Jul 24 2011, 09:00 PM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8783 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
What, no tequila??? -------------------- 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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Jul 24 2011, 09:20 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 52 Joined: 1-March 11 From: Houston, USA Member No.: 5860 |
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Jul 24 2011, 09:53 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 131 Joined: 31-May 08 From: San Carlos, California, USA Member No.: 4168 |
So maybe we can get a sample return mission funded after all.
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Jul 24 2011, 09:54 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3648 Joined: 1-October 05 From: Croatia Member No.: 523 |
One step at a time. Let's (successfully) land this baby first.
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Jul 25 2011, 06:06 AM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 3233 Joined: 11-February 04 From: Tucson, AZ Member No.: 23 |
Yes. The cold temperatures would probably favor high levels of alcohol to keep water in a liquid phase. You sir or madam, win the internet. Best... username/response combination...evar! Regarding Pygmee's pan, nice job, though I would think the effects of the opacity would be even worse, given what we see from Oppy at Endeavour. -------------------- &@^^!% Jim! I'm a geologist, not a physicist!
The Gish Bar Times - A Blog all about Jupiter's Moon Io |
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