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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 19 2012, 11:21 PM
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Is Curiosity capable of breaking apart some of these small rocks simply by rolling over them?
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post Sep 19 2012, 11:56 PM
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Weak sedimentary rocks, probably, chunks of basalt and iron meteorites, no!
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post Sep 20 2012, 12:23 AM
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So, this is kind of interesting, maybe: looks like some kind of reflection on sol 38. Reflection off of what? Appears in both eyes.

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post Sep 20 2012, 01:08 AM
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Sol 43 navcam...
flicker video starring Jake Matijevic

http://youtu.be/6Adqw1moLtM
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post Sep 20 2012, 01:26 AM
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QUOTE (kenny @ Sep 19 2012, 04:28 PM) *
I remember Jake well; he did a few of the early MER video flight director's reports...

Here's one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_MzQkWR3JU

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post Sep 20 2012, 05:49 AM
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Thanks. It's good to see the face that belongs on that memorial.

QUOTE (dvandorn @ Sep 19 2012, 02:34 PM) *
There are a tremendous number of pyramid-shaped rocks on Mars. ...
Yep. If I had to guess, I'd say they targeted this rock because it resembled Adirondack, the first rock targeted by Spirit; just for luck, or superstition. wink.gif



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post Sep 20 2012, 03:06 PM
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A whole boatload of images came in today that were taken at sunrise, sol 42. Didn't know Curiosity was a morning person!

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http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl-raw-images/ms...2000C0_DXXX.jpg

...and this NAVCAM taken 3 minutes after sunrise on sol 44:

http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/ra...0517M_&s=44


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post Sep 20 2012, 03:15 PM
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Those would be the morning transit images.
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post Sep 20 2012, 03:36 PM
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Today's batch include a set of five navcams showing the arm in action. It's shadow, actually.

I still find it somehow difficult to change from the MER experience to MSL. For instance, yesterday's images of Jake M. gave me the impression it was still too far of the arm workvolume and today we would see another bump to approach it. Of course (!) this arm is much longer than MER's and I just forgot that. rolleyes.gif
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post Sep 20 2012, 03:38 PM
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QUOTE (dvandorn @ Sep 19 2012, 03:45 PM) *
Hmmmmm... is it just my imagination, or does ol' Jake here have spherules embedded in it? See the circled features below.

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The interesting part for me is that it has some horizontal striations on the left side and vertical ones on the right side. Image processing artifacts?
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post Sep 20 2012, 04:17 PM
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QUOTE (jmknapp @ Sep 20 2012, 05:06 PM) *


This image is too dark. Why don't they stretch it. Just like this !

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post Sep 20 2012, 04:26 PM
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Just out of reach.... but presumably close enough for MAHLI and perhaps (but probably not) APXS work. It's interesting to see the arm apparently at full stretch.
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl-raw-images/pr...NCAM00202M_.JPG

Oh yes... and did we actually get some ChemCam zaps on Jake?
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post Sep 20 2012, 05:05 PM
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Anaglyph of the ground with the arm shadow:
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post Sep 20 2012, 05:18 PM
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QUOTE (Tesheiner @ Sep 20 2012, 08:36 AM) *
Today's batch include a set of five navcams showing the arm in action. It's shadow, actually.

I still find it somehow difficult to change from the MER experience to MSL. For instance, yesterday's images of Jake M. gave me the impression it was still too far of the arm workvolume and today we would see another bump to approach it. Of course (!) this arm is much longer than MER's and I just forgot that. rolleyes.gif


These images have been captured to verify the change in vehicle attitude when the arm is fully stretched and in other configurations. We approached Jake Matijevich from 30m away and intentionally kept at a safe distance. The bump to have the rock within the work volume will be done on Sol 45.

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weird scene: Curiosity threatens Jake Matijevic rolleyes.gif

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