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MSL "scarecrow" mobility model
elakdawalla
post Jun 20 2007, 04:17 PM
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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.

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post Jun 20 2007, 04:21 PM
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QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Jun 20 2007, 12:17 PM) *
Lots of pictures and video posted at http://www.planetary.org/blog/article/00001010/


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- elakdawalla   MSL "scarecrow" mobility model   Jun 20 2007, 04:17 PM
- - centsworth_II   QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Jun 20 2007, 12:17 P...   Jun 20 2007, 04:21 PM
|- - lyford   QUOTE (centsworth_II @ Jun 20 2007, 09:21...   Jun 20 2007, 10:27 PM
- - Ian R   Holy moly - it's a MONSTER! Excellent ...   Jun 20 2007, 04:35 PM
- - djellison   LOVE the way they got JPL _|qL (that's suppos...   Jun 20 2007, 04:38 PM
- - Ian R   Are we allowed to say 'smeg' on this board...   Jun 20 2007, 04:43 PM
- - AlexBlackwell   I think I have some new suggestions for your prosp...   Jun 20 2007, 04:47 PM
- - Sunspot   Those Wheels !!!!! Would...   Jun 20 2007, 04:58 PM
- - Stu   Couple of 3Ds, hope you don't mind Emily... ...   Jun 20 2007, 06:24 PM
- - ElkGroveDan   Nice to get a glimpse of the "new Mars Yard....   Jun 20 2007, 07:33 PM
- - AlexBlackwell   And if one is in the sweet spot of Mars' diurn...   Jun 20 2007, 07:41 PM
- - dvandorn   Oh, I imagine the nail polish would work fine on M...   Jun 20 2007, 07:57 PM
- - Stu   Of course, different nails could be painted with d...   Jun 20 2007, 08:31 PM
- - climber   TPS, please do NOT send a microphone with this one...   Jun 20 2007, 08:50 PM
- - djellison   I remember watching videos of little FIDO - that...   Jun 20 2007, 08:58 PM
- - elakdawalla   Wouldn't be much of a ride -- she may be big b...   Jun 20 2007, 10:49 PM
|- - AlexBlackwell   QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Jun 20 2007, 12:49 P...   Jun 20 2007, 10:55 PM
- - nprev   Man, MSL is indeed a big beast... good thing there...   Jun 21 2007, 12:14 AM
|- - mchan   QUOTE (nprev @ Jun 20 2007, 05:14 PM) Man...   Jun 21 2007, 04:15 AM
- - dvandorn   Well, think of it this way -- a MER is about the s...   Jun 21 2007, 01:10 AM
|- - Chmee   QUOTE (dvandorn @ Jun 20 2007, 09:10 PM) ...   Jun 21 2007, 01:57 AM
||- - Jeff7   And of course, after that scale up, the landing da...   Jun 21 2007, 02:10 AM
|- - Jim from NSF.com   QUOTE (dvandorn @ Jun 20 2007, 09:10 PM) ...   Jun 22 2007, 02:29 AM
- - nprev   I'm fixin' to put on my MSL baseball cap ...   Jun 21 2007, 02:28 AM
- - elakdawalla   Sunday, SUNDAY, SUNDAY! We're gonna turn t...   Jun 21 2007, 03:18 AM
|- - CosmicRocker   The first picture to grab my attention, and probab...   Jun 21 2007, 05:01 AM
|- - nprev   QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Jun 20 2007, 08:18 P...   Jun 21 2007, 11:09 PM
- - punkboi   I saw the "Scarecrow" at JPL's Open ...   Jun 21 2007, 06:20 AM
|- - centsworth_II   QUOTE (punkboi @ Jun 21 2007, 02:20 AM) ....   Jun 21 2007, 02:26 PM
|- - punkboi   QUOTE (centsworth_II @ Jun 21 2007, 07:26...   Jun 21 2007, 05:53 PM
|- - centsworth_II   QUOTE (punkboi @ Jun 21 2007, 01:53 PM) ....   Jun 21 2007, 06:33 PM
- - Geographer   How many meters per day will the MSL be able to tr...   Jun 21 2007, 10:04 AM
- - MarsEngineer   QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Jun 20 2007, 09:17 A...   Jun 22 2007, 05:44 AM
- - punkboi   I'm more than 3 months late, but here's a ...   Aug 31 2007, 04:02 PM
- - nprev   As Rob said, it definitely has presence! No...   Aug 31 2007, 05:38 PM


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