MSL development & assembly, Until it's shipped to the Cape |
MSL development & assembly, Until it's shipped to the Cape |
 Mar 29 2010, 08:11 PM
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In case you missed it there's 9 minutes on MSL (actual hardware visible) + 5 minutes with Dr Elachi on "This week in Space" there: http://www.spaceflightnow.com/
14 minutes out of 23 regarding Unmanned, not bad. -------------------- |
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climber MSL development & assembly Mar 29 2010, 08:11 PM
punkboi Five Things About NASA's Mars Curiosity Rover
... Sep 16 2010, 07:34 PM James Sorenson I am not sure how long these have been up, or if a... Sep 17 2010, 07:30 PM djellison There's a test image here
http://www.msss.com/... Sep 17 2010, 08:00 PM
tharrison QUOTE (djellison @ Sep 17 2010, 12:00 PM)... Sep 20 2010, 04:27 PM hendric Pretty neat idea, using the "leaky" IR r... Sep 17 2010, 08:08 PM SpaceListener Strong Robotic Arm Extend From Next Mars Rover
An ... Sep 18 2010, 02:37 AM djellison I almost miss the old-school MSSS website - it tak... Sep 20 2010, 05:20 PM stevesliva Really, you must incorporate an HTML table with fa... Sep 20 2010, 06:03 PM James Sorenson Very nice images AND VIDEO!! . I am wonder... Sep 20 2010, 07:20 PM tharrison QUOTE (James Sorenson @ Sep 20 2010, 11:2... Sep 21 2010, 04:18 PM ElkGroveDan this past Friday (Sept 17, 2010).... Sep 21 2010, 07:21 PM punkboi QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Sep 21 2010, 12:21 P... Sep 21 2010, 07:50 PM climber Lucky man!
But make sure you check Emily's... Sep 21 2010, 07:41 PM Oersted QUOTE (climber @ Sep 21 2010, 09:41 PM) L... Sep 22 2010, 11:18 PM climber QUOTE (Oersted @ Sep 23 2010, 01:18 AM) W... Sep 22 2010, 11:30 PM djellison For those wondering - I think they're doing so... Sep 21 2010, 08:06 PM climber QUOTE (djellison @ Sep 21 2010, 10:06 PM)... Sep 30 2010, 08:24 PM punkboi ChemCam instrument delivered to JPL for installati... Sep 22 2010, 09:55 PM djellison The MER wheels are designed to be slightly flexibl... Sep 22 2010, 11:51 PM climber Thanks Doug for clarification.
I was refering to t... Sep 23 2010, 03:29 AM MahFL Wow they have some big wheel tie downs on Curiosit... Sep 23 2010, 11:18 AM djellison Curiosities wheels are not tied down.
Until the ... Sep 23 2010, 01:31 PM centsworth_II QUOTE (djellison @ Sep 23 2010, 08:31 AM)... Sep 23 2010, 05:50 PM MahFL I was indeed referring to the red straps in the cl... Sep 24 2010, 12:36 PM Paolo A bit OT...
It has been pointed out in a French as... Sep 23 2010, 07:13 PM djellison They are just to hold it onto that inclined stand ... Sep 24 2010, 04:00 PM Oersted That is a delightful image Paolo! - I guess no... Sep 25 2010, 05:59 PM elakdawalla Phoenix MARDI microphone was there because its ele... Sep 30 2010, 08:49 PM James Sorenson SAM is completed, and ready to be installed into C... Oct 8 2010, 08:22 PM djellison Take the wheels off, flip the chassis over, take t... Oct 8 2010, 08:25 PM eoincampbell Comparing these photos of SAM with the the diagram... Oct 8 2010, 09:16 PM djellison Looks like it - the tunable laser and sample handi... Oct 8 2010, 09:20 PM punkboi Watch live footage of Curiosity being assembled (o... Oct 21 2010, 06:44 PM djellison Actually - the rover's looking more rover-like... Oct 21 2010, 06:44 PM punkboi As of right now (11:28 PM PDT), engineers are stil... Oct 22 2010, 06:28 AM elakdawalla I understand they're working four shifts in or... Oct 22 2010, 04:18 PM nprev Four? Interesting choice. I assume it's four 6... Oct 22 2010, 04:25 PM centsworth_II Or maybe 8hr shifts with 2hr overlap to ensure con... Oct 22 2010, 08:13 PM djellison Here's the view from the viewing gallery - cam... Oct 22 2010, 08:16 PM ElkGroveDan Awesome, it's as if I was standing there in pe... Oct 22 2010, 08:51 PM paxdan Great pan Doug. Bonus points for identifying all t... Oct 22 2010, 08:51 PM elakdawalla I've just spent 15 minutes searching for the ... Oct 22 2010, 09:02 PM djellison http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA11431 Oct 22 2010, 09:13 PM peter59 Original file is on an old, abandoned branch of ne... Oct 22 2010, 09:40 PM elakdawalla Thanks guys, I cannot figure out why that was not ... Oct 22 2010, 09:51 PM punkboi Kinda off-topic, but NASA JPL is closing the chat ... Oct 22 2010, 09:59 PM djellison QUOTE (punkboi @ Oct 22 2010, 01:59 PM) P... Oct 22 2010, 11:05 PM nprev Sad. Another reminder of how valuable the UMSF for... Oct 22 2010, 10:20 PM Stu There are always some ****heads around who think i... Oct 22 2010, 10:27 PM nprev I'll happily volunteer to be the MSL livechat ... Oct 22 2010, 11:33 PM Stu They really should have someone in there at weeken... Oct 23 2010, 06:05 PM punkboi The wheels are too big for skateboards, I'll g... Oct 25 2010, 07:23 PM Juramike Three image composite view of MSL Curiosity and as... Nov 2 2010, 12:21 PM Den Oppy's troubles with Purgatory show that MER... Nov 7 2010, 11:40 PM djellison sigh.... this has already been discussed. Pressur... Nov 8 2010, 03:22 AM Den QUOTE (djellison @ Nov 8 2010, 04:22 AM) ... Nov 8 2010, 04:15 AM djellison QUOTE (Den @ Nov 7 2010, 08:15 PM) I beli... Nov 8 2010, 04:53 AM Floyd Den, you might want to see this old thread and Dou... Nov 8 2010, 04:17 AM KrisK Below, MSL's dynamic test model skycrane drop ... Jan 20 2011, 11:18 AM centsworth_II Interesting. This video shows the wheels being ext... Jan 20 2011, 12:23 PM djellison The animation is several years old and the deploym... Jan 20 2011, 02:43 PM ElkGroveDan ... from Tuesday, hand-held with my phone so not t... Jan 20 2011, 03:48 PM eoincampbell QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Jan 20 2011, 07:48 A... Jan 20 2011, 04:06 PM djellison The blue and white thing on the right? Handling m... Jan 20 2011, 04:17 PM Hungry4info Very nice video showing the full motion drop test.... Jan 20 2011, 05:23 PM djellison As linked to earlier today in this very thread, tr... Jan 20 2011, 05:25 PM Hungry4info Ah, I apologise. Jan 20 2011, 05:47 PM Mirek Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) by Paul Mahaffy from... Jan 24 2011, 11:16 PM RonJones Does anyone know the status of the zoom Mastcam fo... Jan 27 2011, 11:23 PM dshaffer QUOTE (RonJones @ Jan 27 2011, 07:23 PM) ... Feb 10 2011, 12:50 PM KrisK I'm also very curious about status of MastCams... Jan 28 2011, 12:44 AM Stu More money needed for MSL...
http://www.spacenews... Jan 29 2011, 04:46 PM MahFL Yawn...that peice has enough, "proberblies, c... Jan 31 2011, 12:40 PM disownedsky QUOTE (MahFL @ Jan 31 2011, 07:40 AM) Yaw... Feb 1 2011, 02:29 PM SFJCody I'm going to eat so many peanuts during EDL. A... Feb 2 2011, 11:42 PM nprev Oh, I'll dutifully eat my peanuts...but in all... Feb 3 2011, 01:24 AM MahFL QUOTE (nprev @ Feb 3 2011, 02:24 AM) ....... Feb 7 2011, 02:53 PM Explorer1 I had the same misgivings as well when I first hea... Feb 3 2011, 01:51 AM SFJCody I'm fine with the method of landing, it's ... Feb 3 2011, 02:07 AM centsworth_II From: http://www.planetary.org/news/2004/0125_Op..... Feb 7 2011, 03:24 PM djellison Those low G forces were unexpectedly at the soft e... Feb 7 2011, 03:54 PM MahFL QUOTE (djellison @ Feb 7 2011, 03:54 PM) ... Feb 8 2011, 11:21 AM djellison So your point of post 178 was.....? Feb 8 2011, 02:59 PM centsworth_II QUOTE (djellison @ Feb 8 2011, 09:59 AM) ... Feb 8 2011, 05:48 PM MahFL QUOTE (djellison @ Feb 8 2011, 03:59 PM) ... Feb 10 2011, 12:55 AM djellison I didn't get that impression at all. Meh. Feb 8 2011, 06:26 PM ZLD You could try contacting someone from the Mastcam ... Feb 10 2011, 03:12 PM tharrison QUOTE (ZLD @ Feb 10 2011, 07:12 AM) You c... Feb 10 2011, 07:16 PM Mirek Looks like they have attached radiator for the RTG... Feb 10 2011, 07:15 PM djellison QUOTE (Mirek @ Feb 10 2011, 11:15 AM) Loo... Feb 11 2011, 02:33 AM charborob The MSL Science Corner webpage mentions this:
... Feb 10 2011, 09:28 PM elakdawalla If you check in on the Ustream webcast of MSL peri... Feb 10 2011, 09:44 PM tharrison QUOTE (charborob @ Feb 10 2011, 01:28 PM)... Feb 11 2011, 03:45 PM PaulM I asked Rob Manning: Why were there blue flashing ... Feb 11 2011, 11:32 PM elakdawalla That's like the second most frequently asked q... Feb 12 2011, 05:42 AM Oersted tharrison, I have a question. How are the zoom cam... Feb 14 2011, 01:12 AM djellison If it fails - we end up with what's onboard th... Feb 14 2011, 05:44 AM Oersted A robust failure mode for a zoom-lens equipped cam... Feb 14 2011, 09:46 PM djellison QUOTE (Oersted @ Feb 14 2011, 01:46 PM) A... Feb 14 2011, 10:02 PM Oersted Dear me, yes. I am asking about what is already in... Feb 15 2011, 05:14 PM  |
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