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post Aug 6 2012, 11:25 PM
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smile.gif Oh, boy.

Name check for Doug!!!


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post Aug 6 2012, 11:25 PM
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I think Mr. Malin stated the exact coordinates "to within a meter." Did anyone catch that?
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post Aug 6 2012, 11:26 PM
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Oh. My. God.

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post Aug 6 2012, 11:29 PM
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It was the dust-blowing sequence that really blew me away. The rockets really kicked up a little maelstrom, there. I hope they weren't assuming that the body of the rover would protect the mast cams from blowing dust, cause it looks like Curiosity descended into a rather energetically blowing cloud of dust there at the end.

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post Aug 6 2012, 11:39 PM
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QUOTE (dvandorn @ Aug 6 2012, 04:29 PM) *
I hope they weren't assuming that the body of the rover would protect the mast cams from blowing dust...

The Mastcams are pointed toward the deck when the RSM is stowed, there's a protective lip on the deck all the way around the RSM instruments, and there are long sunshades in front of the lenses, so I think we're good. More dust than I was expecting, though, at least visually.


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post Aug 6 2012, 11:55 PM
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Here is the video...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcGMDXy-Y1I

Fantastic briefing that gave a great indication on the sols ahead.

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post Aug 6 2012, 11:56 PM
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QUOTE (walfy @ Aug 7 2012, 12:25 AM) *
I think Mr. Malin stated the exact coordinates "to within a meter." Did anyone catch that?


Yes he said that, so they know exactly where the rover is. He also said they can map it's position to with cm using the full res MARDI pictures.
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post Aug 7 2012, 12:04 AM
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QUOTE (MahFL @ Aug 7 2012, 02:56 AM) *
He also said they can map it's position to with cm using the full res MARDI pictures.


Though like he said there is really no reason to do that (other than to show off smile.gif )


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post Aug 7 2012, 12:04 AM
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Seems like the thrusters cleared out the area under the rover. I would expect the ground texture outside the landing zone to be different, probably a finer dust with the larger pebbles just underneath the dust or slightly protruding.
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post Aug 7 2012, 12:47 AM
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Turned the MARDI movie into an ANIM Gif at 4x the speed it was on NTV
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post Aug 7 2012, 12:53 AM
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Sky Crane Works!!!
But that dust maelstrom at the end of MARDI animation was not what I expected!
wow!


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post Aug 7 2012, 12:56 AM
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That's really cool Doug! Once the powered flight starts you can really see the pitch down to get separation, then the pitch back up to null the rates, and then rock steady all the way down. Thanks!
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post Aug 7 2012, 01:06 AM
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Anyone working their magic for a motion interpolated version yet?


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post Aug 7 2012, 01:08 AM
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Gotta say...this is just stupid insane shockmonkey bloody cool. smile.gif (Yeah. That damn cool!)

Wow, you guys. Wow, Doug. We need a smiling exploding head icon, most def.


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post Aug 7 2012, 01:26 AM
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QUOTE (MahFL @ Aug 6 2012, 08:13 PM) *
Jennifer said the wheels are all aligned in the same direction, I believe she was mistaken in that small detail. She possibly had not really taken in the image the reporter was referring to and slightly misunderstood the question.


If you look at the last images from the MARDI, I think you see the left front wheel toed in "40ish" degrees. It looks a little more, but I'm guessing there are fish-eye effects.
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