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 May 11 2012, 11:54 PM
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Doug,
Thanks for digging those images out ! As I looked over each image I was thunder struck <again> by how intricate and large MSL really is. The hand lacing on the cables is exquisite work. I'll look at the bracket and see if I can come up with something in few days (there seems to be four of them, one on each corner-wheel 'mobility' arm). thanks! -------------------- CLA CLL
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May 12 2012, 12:25 AM
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yes amazing.. and fun little 'easter eggs' like:
"Bender" hiding in plain sight back there. And is that a 1999 penny? ..signifficance..? |
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May 12 2012, 12:30 AM
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It's a 1909 penny. Had MSL launch in 2009 - it would have been 100 years old at the time.
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May 12 2012, 12:48 AM
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QUOTE (atomoid @ May 11 2012, 05:25 PM)  "Bender" hiding in plain sight back there. Yeah, unfortunately they discovered me before I could swipe any swag... 
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Jun 6 2012, 04:40 PM
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t-minus 60 days.
...and counting. -------------------- "Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied, "If you seek for Eldorado!"
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Jun 9 2012, 02:20 PM
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NASA Hosts Teleconference About Rover En Route To Mars Landing
Noon EDT, Monday, June 11 |
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Jun 9 2012, 02:47 PM
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Look out for some landing ellipse news.
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Jun 9 2012, 03:53 PM
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QUOTE (djellison @ Jun 9 2012, 07:47 AM) Look out for some landing ellipse news. Old news to me ;-) When is the announcement be made? I hope they will include my traversability map. Paolo -------------------- Disclaimer: all opinions, ideas and information included here are my own,and should not be intended to represent opinion or policy of my employer.
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Jun 10 2012, 12:17 AM
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Monday - 9am Pacific.
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Jun 11 2012, 04:06 PM
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New landing elipse:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/mult...a/pia15685.html Seems there's a problem with the drill as it contaminates the samples with teflon. They're investigating how to handle this and are confident that in the end they should be able to handle this problem. -------------------- PDP, VAX and Alpha fanatic ; HP-Compaq is the Satan! ; Let us pray daily while facing Maynard! ; Life starts at 150 km/h ;
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Jun 12 2012, 01:08 AM
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Do you have a link for this teflon problem, or was this a comment from a press conference?
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Jun 12 2012, 02:10 AM
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I guess this makes things a little more even in the Opportunity vs. Curiosity race-for-the-clays.
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Jun 12 2012, 02:23 AM
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The teflon thing was in the telecon... I can't imagine it being a huge problem personally. Should be able to model its effects and subtract it.
Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
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Jun 12 2012, 03:00 AM
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QUOTE (DEChengst @ Jun 11 2012, 11:06 AM) Does anyone plan to put the landing ellipse on a .kmz file for Google Earth (and perhaps an appropriate base map plleease)? Steve M |
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Jun 12 2012, 03:20 AM
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nprev and others...
The teflon issue is mentioned in the press release. http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2012-168 |
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