Heatshield ? Lander ? Backshell W/parachute ?

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Heatshield ? Lander ? Backshell W/parachute ?, A light near the horizon

vikingmars View Member Profile	Sep 28 2005, 08:42 PM Post #1
Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1098 Joined: 19-February 05 From: Close to Meudon Observatory in France Member No.: 172	Well, there's lights ! Near the horizon... Heatshield ? Lander ? Backshell w/parachute ? Bad pixels ? On your marks ! http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/spirit/pa...OTP2291L7M1.JPG (center left) http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/spirit/pa...OTP2291L7M1.JPG (center left and at right)

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djellison View Member Profile	Sep 29 2005, 02:05 PM Post #2
Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14457 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1	I'd have thought the 'chute would almost certainly be flapping around a little Doug

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Sep 29 2005, 07:01 PM

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I made the following comparison between simulated view (assuming 90m height above the plain) and real one... red arrow indicate the calculated lander position (not yet visible...).

Maybe the green arrow do not show the parachute but the backshell (initially they were only 20m apart). The parachute now could be hundred meters far away, probably in the south direction (the prevailing wind direction, based on DD movies).
Do someone want to find it?

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vikingmars Heatshield ? Lander ? Backshell W/parachute ? Sep 28 2005, 08:42 PM

djellison Looks like it's exactly the same pixel in both... Sep 28 2005, 08:57 PM

vikingmars Doug, you're right ! Not only the cameras ... Sep 28 2005, 09:20 PM

alan Heatshield is in this image. http://qt.exploratori... Sep 28 2005, 09:51 PM

Jeff7 QUOTE (alan @ Sep 28 2005, 04:51 PM)Heatshiel... Sep 29 2005, 12:04 AM

alan here You can see it in other pancan images taken ... Sep 29 2005, 03:17 AM

dilo alan, I think you are right!!! In the ... Sep 29 2005, 06:41 AM

Jeff7 QUOTE (alan @ Sep 28 2005, 10:17 PM)here You... Sep 30 2005, 04:19 AM

ilbasso Are we talking Spirit's heatshield here or get... Sep 29 2005, 03:38 AM

aldo12xu And here's a 5x Philovision crop of alan's... Sep 29 2005, 12:16 PM

djellison The far side, from this view. Doug Sep 29 2005, 01:06 PM

odave How much billowing around would the parachute be d... Sep 29 2005, 01:59 PM

djellison I'd have thought the 'chute would almost c... Sep 29 2005, 02:05 PM

dilo I made the following comparison between simulated ... Sep 29 2005, 07:01 PM

djellison The parachute and the backshell were, and remain f... Sep 29 2005, 08:15 PM

dilo In this case... we see the parachute! Sep 29 2005, 08:50 PM

djellison Yup - 'chute, backshell, and infact the bridle... Sep 29 2005, 09:07 PM

Sunspot Images taken early in the morning or later in the ... Sep 29 2005, 09:15 PM

djellison It would have been nice to do some time-lapse imag... Sep 29 2005, 09:20 PM

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