MSL - Stopover on the Road to Glenelg - Arm Commissioning, Commissioning Activity Period 2 - Sols 30 through 37 |
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MSL - Stopover on the Road to Glenelg - Arm Commissioning, Commissioning Activity Period 2 - Sols 30 through 37 |
 Sep 5 2012, 06:21 PM
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Rover drivers were tweeting yesterday that the 30.5-meter drive would be the last act of "Intermission." Sol 30 marks the start of Commissioning Activity Phase 2, when they'll check out the arm including MAHLI (yay) and, I think, scoop their first soil. As usual, keep discussion of previous images (through the navcam pan on sol 29) in the previous thread.
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Sep 5 2012, 07:51 PM
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I think scooping will be postponed.
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Sep 5 2012, 08:02 PM
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Any idea how close we are to Glenelg? There's no new route map, but since the terrain here is quite bland that's not a surprise.
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Sep 5 2012, 08:38 PM
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We've driven about 100 m so far. (Total wheel turn distance, not crow-fly.) And Glenelg is about 400 m from the landing site.
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Sep 6 2012, 01:34 PM
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Looks like the arm works. Okay, let's continue driving!
 (I'm kidding, just kidding.)
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Sep 6 2012, 04:31 PM
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Yay!
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Sep 6 2012, 04:55 PM
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Visuals up for teleconference:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/telecon/index.html Wow! A MAHLI team member is on the conference, so now would be a good time to ask about the possibility of self-portraits. |
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Sep 6 2012, 05:02 PM
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My wife's comment on the pictures of the arm in action: "Is creation of genius."
Could not agree more. 
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Sep 6 2012, 05:06 PM
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QUOTE (Explorer1 @ Sep 6 2012, 09:55 AM)  now would be a good time to ask about the possibility of self-portraits. We already know the answer. They're going to do it at some point. During a first-time checkout of instruments is not the time. |
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Sep 6 2012, 05:14 PM
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Yeah, the video shows a belly-pan is going to happen very soon.
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Sep 6 2012, 05:25 PM
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Watching the teleconference... sol 33 seems to be the day for a MAHLI self-portrait(?)
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Sep 6 2012, 05:33 PM
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1 month or more till the first drill (no surprise there). The bright and semi-bright units at Glenelg will be the targets
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Sep 6 2012, 05:34 PM
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Judging by Google images, this should be an evocative image .
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Sep 6 2012, 05:37 PM
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Distance travelled: 109m
Crow's distance: 82m -------------------- |
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Sep 6 2012, 05:38 PM
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QUOTE (Doc @ Sep 6 2012, 10:25 AM) sol 33 seems to be the day for a MAHLI self-portrait(?) Depends on what you mean by self-portrait, but the belly pan is not what we think of as the self-portrait, nor do we call it the "MAHLI self-portrait" because it's not a self-portrait of MAHLI, but with MAHLI. Some people call the self-portrait of the rover taken with MAHLI the "Myspace image" but I'm too old to know what that means.  -------------------- Disclaimer: This post is based on public information only. Any opinions are my own.
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