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MSL "Drive, drive, drive" toward Glenelg, The scientists (mostly) get the keys - sols 38-56
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post Sep 27 2012, 02:58 AM
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I was talking generally about vertical settling of particles from a surrounding medium - mud from water, dust from air - that's a fluid (not a liquid). So for instance, layer after layer of volcanic ash from Tharsis could be draped across the landscape, mimicking its topography in the local slope of each layer.

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post Sep 27 2012, 08:23 AM
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Hazcam Sol 50:

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Three in a row smile.gif

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post Sep 27 2012, 01:23 PM
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Sol 50 Navcam pan.



*roll roll roll* "Are we there yet ??"


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post Sep 27 2012, 01:32 PM
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It will be interesting to see how much relief there is in this section.
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post Sep 27 2012, 01:36 PM
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Circular view of Ant103's pan (I may have exaggerated the width of the gap).

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post Sep 27 2012, 02:53 PM
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Hard to see in the Navcam images, but some of those layered rocks nearby look a lot like those around Homeplate.
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post Sep 27 2012, 03:00 PM
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Will today be the day we hear some results from the SAM TLS methane investigation? It has been put off for a few weeks so I have to believe that something important has happened. I would think these are the possible results:
  1. No methane detected.
  2. Methane detected but it may be contaminated with methane vaporising off plastics or glues on MSL.
  3. Methane detected but not enough to get isotope ratios.
  4. Methane detected and isotope ratios suggest abiotic origins.
  5. Methane detected and isotope ratios (enhanced C12) suggest biotic origins.
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post Sep 27 2012, 03:08 PM
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QUOTE (Reckless @ Sep 26 2012, 05:50 PM) *
MSL Science update on NASA TV Thursday 27th September at 11 am PDT
If another reporter asks "when will we get to Glenelg" I'm going to scream! laugh.gif

There are lots of very little ripples around us now. I wonder if they can use one of these for the scoop test...
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post Sep 27 2012, 03:27 PM
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Hi to everybody,

With the last frames received from Sol 42, Deimos transit looks amazingly smooth!

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post Sep 27 2012, 03:43 PM
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You can see the rotation of Deimos? I don't think that is the case because Deimos is tidally locked.
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post Sep 27 2012, 03:45 PM
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Agreed. I think you're seeing JPEG noise.


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post Sep 27 2012, 03:45 PM
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was there a consensus as to whether the dark blotch just below the centre of the sun is a sunspot? it looks pretty convincing from these images.
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post Sep 27 2012, 05:50 PM
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QUOTE (fredk @ Sep 27 2012, 11:08 AM) *
If another reporter asks "when will we get to Glenelg" I'm going to scream! laugh.gif


Yup! And it was a little depressing that many of the reporters from the major networks just wanted to hear about malfunctions right after EDL. They were practically begging for bad news.

Some reporters ask dodgy questions but some ask really good questions. I know that it is going to be an informed question when I hear that it is Emily Lakdawalla or Irene Klotz from Reuters. Nadia Drake from Science News and Joe Palca from NPR also ask good questions. Leo Enright from Irish TV and Emily ask the most entertaining questions.
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post Sep 27 2012, 06:00 PM
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Conference starting now....
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Water already, wow!
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