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Metal Pin, something funny on Sol 50

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Nov 12 2005, 05:28 PM

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The Artifact

On Sol 50 Spirit got several pictures and especially:

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2N130812340EFF1000P1901L0M1.jpg

Here, we can see and bright, shiny object like a metallic pin.

Some studies shows that this pin could be fallen off the backshield sailing over the region shown here after releasing the lander. NASA did not comment that interesting event.

The Anaglyph was made from the upper mentioned frames after removing the pixel bleeding around "the object".

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djellison View Member Profile	Nov 14 2005, 08:47 PM Post #31
Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14457 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1	I think it's from that very imaging sequence that Emily posted a colour version of that I made this... http://mer.rlproject.com/hs_wind.gif Doug

Guest_Richard Trigaux_*	Nov 14 2005, 09:30 PM Post #32
Guests	QUOTE (djellison @ Nov 14 2005, 08:47 PM) I think it's from that very imaging sequence that Emily posted a colour version of that I made this... http://mer.rlproject.com/hs_wind.gif Doug This thing moving in the wind looks really... Earthy. It is something very familiar, I mean.

Bob Shaw View Member Profile	Nov 14 2005, 11:09 PM Post #33
Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2488 Joined: 17-April 05 From: Glasgow, Scotland, UK Member No.: 239	QUOTE (Bill Harris @ Nov 13 2005, 01:54 AM) I have consulted with Lowell W. Ribbett, the Chief Grand Toadie of Kooks Online and we have concluded that the metal pin is, in fact, a cosmic d00bie. So there. --Bill Bill: Marvin, you say? Looks more like Kenny to me! Perhaps we're arguing over something that Cartman dropped... Eeek! Bob Shaw -------------------- Remember: Time Flies like the wind - but Fruit Flies like bananas!

DFinfrock View Member Profile	Nov 15 2005, 02:31 AM Post #34
Member Group: Members Posts: 166 Joined: 20-September 05 From: North Texas Member No.: 503	I only discovered this forum in September. Now it is a part of my daily routine. I had been corresponding with Emily Lakdawalla of The Planetary Society, and she turned me on to the forum. After seeing the amazing things all of you are doing on a routine basis, I suggested to Emily that she do a Blog on the Planetary Society website, touting the incredible accomplishments of the international community here, and sharing the unmanned spaceflight forum with the other members of the Planetary Society. But Emily demurred, stating that she was afraid publishing a link would send many "loonies" to this wonderful scientific forum, which she calls "one-stop-shopping" for space science. After reading this thread, I have to wholeheartedly endorse her decision. So Doug, you are not the only one trying to safeguard the forum. David

CosmicRocker View Member Profile	Nov 15 2005, 06:00 AM Post #35
Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2228 Joined: 1-December 04 From: Marble Falls, Texas, USA Member No.: 116	Welcome. But if you tell anyone else about this place, we'll have to kill you. -------------------- ...Tom I'm not a Space Fan, I'm a Space Exploration Enthusiast.

djellison View Member Profile	Nov 15 2005, 08:26 AM Post #36
Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14457 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1	QUOTE (CosmicRocker @ Nov 15 2005, 06:00 AM) Welcome. But if you tell anyone else about this place, we'll have to kill you. That - or how much is it to Fed-Ex a horses head? Doug

Bob Shaw View Member Profile	Nov 15 2005, 10:51 PM Post #37
Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2488 Joined: 17-April 05 From: Glasgow, Scotland, UK Member No.: 239	QUOTE (djellison @ Nov 15 2005, 09:26 AM) That - or how much is it to Fed-Ex a horses head? Doug Almost completely off-topic, but one of the stunts proposed for the old Rotary Rocket SSTO vehicle was - wait for it - delivering packages for FedEx etc. The thing was, Rotary Rocket reckoned that not only could they deliver point-to-point anywhere on Earth in about an hour, but that they could actually deliver packages yesterday by crossing the International Date Line! This could lead to the Pythonesque outcome of the head of said horse being delivered even before the offence had been committed, as a, well, a warning... ...you know, if you'd broken one of the unwritten rules, and the Piranha Bros just asked you to screw your own pelvis to a coffee table to save them the effort... ...ahem. Bob Shaw -------------------- Remember: Time Flies like the wind - but Fruit Flies like bananas!

ilbasso View Member Profile	Nov 16 2005, 02:06 AM Post #38
Member Group: Members Posts: 753 Joined: 23-October 04 From: Greensboro, NC USA Member No.: 103	QUOTE (CosmicRocker @ Nov 15 2005, 01:00 AM) Welcome. But if you tell anyone else about this place, we'll have to kill you. The First Rule of Unmannedspaceflight.com is that you do not talk about Unmannedspaceflight.com. The Second Rule of Unmannedspaceflight.com is that you do not talk about Unmannedspaceflight.com. -------------------- Jonathan Ward Manning the LCC at http://www.apollolaunchcontrol.com

DFinfrock View Member Profile	Nov 16 2005, 03:09 AM Post #39
Member Group: Members Posts: 166 Joined: 20-September 05 From: North Texas Member No.: 503	QUOTE (ilbasso @ Nov 16 2005, 02:06 AM) The First Rule of Unmannedspaceflight.com is that you do not talk about Unmannedspaceflight.com. The Second Rule of Unmannedspaceflight.com is that you do not talk about Unmannedspaceflight.com. As I don't want a horse's head delivered (either today or yesterday) I will certainly observe both rules scrupulously!

CosmicRocker View Member Profile	Nov 16 2005, 06:20 AM Post #40
Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2228 Joined: 1-December 04 From: Marble Falls, Texas, USA Member No.: 116	Actually, it's not nearly as bad as we're making it appear. There have been ample opportunities for this forum to have been invaded, and it didn't happen, thank goodness. We're just having a little light-hearted fun. You just need to keep it in the family. BTW, no need for FedEx or even rocket delivery. My cousin Vinnie, in Chicago said he'd be happy to personally deliver horse heads, or Mars Bars, for the members of this forum. -------------------- ...Tom I'm not a Space Fan, I'm a Space Exploration Enthusiast.

elakdawalla View Member Profile	Nov 16 2005, 05:51 PM Post #41
Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 5172 Joined: 4-August 05 From: Pasadena, CA, USA, Earth Member No.: 454	QUOTE (ilbasso @ Nov 15 2005, 07:06 PM) The First Rule of Unmannedspaceflight.com is that you do not talk about Unmannedspaceflight.com. The Second Rule of Unmannedspaceflight.com is that you do not talk about Unmannedspaceflight.com. Third rule: you DO talk about unmannedspaceflight.com to the right people. I've been informing various friends in "the business" about this forum from time to time. I wonder what proportion of lurkers have NASA center or research university email addresses? We'll probably never know. Everybody who posts here, give a wave to all those JPLers and APLers and others who lurk! --Emily -------------------- My website - My Patreon - @elakdawalla on Twitter - Please support unmannedspaceflight.com by donating here.

The Messenger View Member Profile	Nov 16 2005, 07:10 PM Post #42
Member Group: Members Posts: 624 Joined: 10-August 05 Member No.: 460	QUOTE (CosmicRocker @ Nov 15 2005, 11:20 PM) Actually, it's not nearly as bad as we're making it appear. Actually, it is: I have a garage full of UPS packages I don't dare open Doug is tolerate, but there is a strict WOO WOO line, so please post speculative stuff on other forums, or you will end up on secret-double-probation, just like me

atomoid View Member Profile	Nov 16 2005, 10:37 PM Post #43
Member Group: Members Posts: 866 Joined: 15-March 05 From: Santa Cruz, CA Member No.: 196	[pre-emptively obfuscted my words for the search engines] Okay, not much here about all those NASA conspircy nonsense-nuggets... and its always tongue-in-cheek anyway. I think trlls and Hoaxlanders would find these threads to "dry" (informative) to get interested anyway, IMHO, theres an bumper crop of 'anomly' sites out there blaring their siren songs that will suck them in... so im not worried, the big 'newmars' forums rarely suffer from hoaxie/trll attacks (maybe im wrong?). No martin snail shells or crinid fssils erased by the rat as part of some "destry-all-evidnce-that-doesnt-fit-the-paradigm' para-gvernmental blck-ops program with secrt agnts peering over Steve Squires' shoulder. no broken mrtian mchinery parts and ancint ruin frgments strewn about the landscape. Heck, not even any gigantic Glss Dome constrctions on the Moon... okay... ...but there is a sort of 'Fce on Mars' thread here (BowTieGuy looks like Hmer Simps*n if you ask me)...

Nix View Member Profile	Nov 17 2005, 04:17 PM Post #44
Chief Assistant Group: Admin Posts: 1409 Joined: 5-January 05 From: Ierapetra, Greece Member No.: 136	QUOTE (The Messenger @ Nov 16 2005, 09:10 PM) Actually, it is: I have a garage full of UPS packages I don't dare open Doug is tolerate, but there is a strict WOO WOO line, so please post speculative stuff on other forums, or you will end up on secret-double-probation, just like me If there weren't that strict a line, there might as well be none. So it stays. Nico -------------------- photographer, space imagery enthusiast, proud father and partner, and geek. http://500px.com/sacred-photons &

ElkGroveDan View Member Profile	Nov 17 2005, 08:40 PM Post #45
Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 4763 Joined: 15-March 05 From: Glendale, AZ Member No.: 197	Congratulations on the promotion, Chief. -------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.

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