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What's the BIG ANNOUNCEMENT?
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post Jan 16 2010, 10:04 AM
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I'm unfortunately rather lacking in understanding of what MRO can do other than take great images (All it's got is HiRISE as far as I know).
If, say, MRO spotted a patch of mold or something, would there be any evidence other than HiRISE images that it's something unique? Surely they've got to be able to do some sort of spectroscopy. Maybe?


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post Jan 16 2010, 10:14 AM
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http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/MRO/spac...nstruments.html

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post Jan 16 2010, 12:04 PM
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The best discovery would be if MRO found more money for MSL.
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post Jan 16 2010, 12:41 PM
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QUOTE (Stu @ Jan 16 2010, 09:18 AM) *
I hope it isn't just the discovery of MPL or Beagle, because the press might crucify them for that

Are you kidding? It would be like finally solving a mysterious crime case or something! I hope it is one of the lost landers, but fully expect to be underwhelmed with something else (past news hyping up as a guide).


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post Jan 16 2010, 01:28 PM
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Partly kidding, yes smile.gif I'm just worried about their use of the word "big" - in upper case, too! - raising false expectations and building up the story too much in advance. Obviously finding one of those probes would be v exciting for us, here, but I think "out there" it wouldn't be such a big deal, then the MRO team might be accused of over-hype. Guess we'll see Wednesday.


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post Jan 16 2010, 02:54 PM
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Why Wednesday?

Is this linked to Wednesday being the 20th, and that's the anniversary of the "Mars Polar Water is pure" story of 2009?

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post Jan 16 2010, 03:17 PM
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I assume it's Wednesday because that's when the HiRISE team releases new images.


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post Jan 16 2010, 03:28 PM
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Is this a "covered on NASA TV" thing, or just an info release being made by MRO, anyone know? If it's just an info release it suggests 'big' isn't 'huge'...


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post Jan 16 2010, 03:55 PM
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post Jan 16 2010, 04:11 PM
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No press release or impending conference or anything, just that Tweet from the HiRISE team, written in a way that they knew would drive us nuts. They're probably laughing at this thread right now.


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post Jan 16 2010, 04:23 PM
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Yeah, I'm beginning to think this is a bit of a wind-up myself... rolleyes.gif


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post Jan 16 2010, 07:13 PM
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QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Jan 16 2010, 08:17 AM) *
I assume it's Wednesday because that's when the HiRISE team releases new images.

Wednesday is also the day of the week the latest issues of Nature hit the web and press releases based on papers published in Nature are posted.

Not that I'm saying that it is a paper in Nature. Just pointing that out. I've been personally watching Science (which posts on Thursdays), so I can post a certain news item on my blog.


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post Jan 16 2010, 07:25 PM
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Hmm. Enigmatic! smile.gif

Monday's probably a key day. If they announce a press conference for Wed then, that'll be an indicator of magnitude.


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post Jan 16 2010, 07:25 PM
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If it is the polar lander, I would be surpised if it looks like a soft landing.
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post Jan 16 2010, 07:58 PM
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Because this is a HiRISE-only thing, I'm thinking it's not likely to be publication-related, since that would usually be coordinated with the rest of the MRO payload (and yes, there are other instruments on MRO. Sigh.)

And frankly, IMHO this is not a very professional way to "announce" anything.


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