What's the BIG ANNOUNCEMENT? |
What's the BIG ANNOUNCEMENT? |
Jan 17 2010, 06:09 AM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 79 Joined: 11-September 09 Member No.: 4937 |
They re-imaged Eagle Crater and spotted boot prints in the Oppy tracks.
Anyone seen Squyres lately? |
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Jan 17 2010, 06:27 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 646 Joined: 23-December 05 From: Forest of Dean Member No.: 617 |
For the reason Mcaplinger gave, I don't expect major scientific findings. I think it's something relatively small; something of interest to us, but probably won't even make an inside page of the broadsheet press. (Did any of them run the HiRISE ""trees"" images? I've been housebound by snow & then pork-cough & haven't seen a paper for 10 days.) I reckon "Big" is misdirection, and means "spatially large" rather than "earthshaking significance". Put it this way, I'm confident it'll fall within the forum guidelines of acceptable topics.
Now, cross my palm with silicon, and old mother Imipak will gaze into the swirling cloud of sediment in this fine bottle conditioned ale. Ah, yes! the fog is lifting.... I predict that the number of posts on this thread before the announcement will be less than the number afterwards. Given my record of predictions, I recommend Doug upgrade the server and bandwidth immediately, ahead of the forthcoming flashmob heading UMSF's way on Wednesday FWIW, I quite enjoy it when a little tease is trailed in the water a few days before the odd routine, but interesting-to-us, announcement or release. A little wild speculation and anticipation, within forum guidelines of course, seems like harmless fun... anagrams apart -------------------- --
Viva software libre! |
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Jan 17 2010, 09:09 PM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8783 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Mike, hopefully not OT, but why is MRO's orbit a bit elliptical instead of circular? Is this to minimize atmospheric drag?
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Jan 17 2010, 09:48 PM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10151 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
"255 x 320 km, and no, there are no plans to lower it."
How about to raise it late in the mission, to delay possible contamination? Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
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Jan 18 2010, 12:03 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2511 Joined: 13-September 05 Member No.: 497 |
Mike, hopefully not OT, but why is MRO's orbit a bit elliptical instead of circular? It's required to keep the orbit "frozen" at a sun-synchronous precession rate (this was one of many permutations possible.) -------------------- Disclaimer: This post is based on public information only. Any opinions are my own.
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Jan 18 2010, 12:07 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2511 Joined: 13-September 05 Member No.: 497 |
How about to raise it late in the mission, to delay possible contamination? In the mission plan, it was to be raised at the end of 2010 (end of the relay mission) but I haven't heard anything about that recently. If consumables are doing OK I expect that will be delayed as long as possible. They never did raise the orbit of MGS AFAIK. Also, MRO's breakup analysis showed there were no planetary protection issues if it did crash; there was some sterilization to insure this (e.g., cable bundles.) http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2008AdSpR..42.1108B -------------------- Disclaimer: This post is based on public information only. Any opinions are my own.
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Jan 18 2010, 12:35 AM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 2785 Joined: 10-November 06 From: Pasadena, CA Member No.: 1345 |
Maybe Mars Express photobombed a HiRise image?
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Jan 19 2010, 04:20 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 128 Joined: 10-December 06 From: Atlanta Member No.: 1472 |
The entire January issue of Icarus is dedicated to HiRISE; a total of 20 papers!
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00191035 Any guess for which one contains the BIG announcement? |
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Jan 19 2010, 07:23 AM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14432 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
Why are you assuming it's in any of them. No press conference scheduled, this isn't going to be a big discovery.
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Jan 19 2010, 11:22 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 128 Joined: 10-December 06 From: Atlanta Member No.: 1472 |
Why are you assuming it's in any of them. No press conference scheduled, this isn't going to be a big discovery. I think if there is going to be any major announcement (there might not be any, as you said no press conference is schedule), and when they have just 20 papers out, then it is logical to assume there is a link between these two events. |
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Jan 19 2010, 11:55 AM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
I know what you're saying Siravan, but I think it's pretty safe to say that there's going to be no big 'discovery' announced, because:
* There's no NASA press event scheduled * It has only been mentioned on Twitter (and here, and on UT, both reporting the original Twitter mention) * None of the "big" space web sites are worked up about this * No details have leaked out - ALL the major discovery announcements have been leaked, despite being embargoed. I think the original Tweet has probably been misinterpreted. Having said that, the HiRISE Twitterer hasn't done anything to correct that misinterpretation. Bit naughty, but got us all talking about HiRISE! -------------------- |
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Jan 19 2010, 12:13 PM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10151 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
All these points suggest it's only big to people like us, which makes MPL more likely than a science story. But as we are people like us, that counts as big.
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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Jan 19 2010, 02:45 PM
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I subscribe discussion... hoping you'll not post too many "false positives" while waiting...
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Jan 20 2010, 10:05 AM
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Jan 20 2010, 01:16 PM
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Forum Contributor Group: Members Posts: 1372 Joined: 8-February 04 From: North East Florida, USA. Member No.: 11 |
Maybe they spotted a big volcano.....oh wait.....nevermind.
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