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Investigating The Heatshield

djellison View Member Profile	Jan 1 2005, 12:21 PM Post #1
Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14457 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1	Lots of MI images of the heatshield today http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...B8P2939M2M1.JPG http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...B8P2939M2M1.JPG http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...B8P2939M2M1.JPG http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...B8P2939M2M1.JPG

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djellison View Member Profile	Jan 9 2005, 11:45 AM Post #2
Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14457 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1	LOL - one even has motion blur How long before the cooks show this as evidence of martian gremlins wandering around I'm amazed that they've driven so close to this piece - as there is a large ( several feet across ) 'flap' of insulation that has peeled away from this area and looks to be folded around to the left. It could quite easily fold itself back again Keep an eye out for the self portrait - i.e. reflections of Opportunity in the foil Doug

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djellison Investigating The Heatshield Jan 1 2005, 12:21 PM

djellison http://mer.rlproject.com/ohsc.jpg Jan 1 2005, 12:29 PM

centsworth_II I bet there are lots of "mystery fibers... Jan 1 2005, 02:31 PM

mike Those are pretty sweet.. the engineers must be lo... Jan 1 2005, 11:33 PM

djellison RE: Investigating The Heatshield Jan 2 2005, 08:41 PM

hendric Being a fellow engineer, I imagine the heatshield ... Jan 3 2005, 06:03 AM

djellison Possible evidence for wind at Meridiani? Thats ... Jan 3 2005, 01:11 PM

remcook what's the white stuff flowing across the imag... Jan 3 2005, 02:13 PM

OWW The white stuff are reflections in the camera. Dou... Jan 3 2005, 02:18 PM

djellison I dont mean the foil, or the glare from the camera... Jan 3 2005, 02:20 PM

CosmicRocker Wow! That thing clearly appears to be moving,... Jan 4 2005, 03:46 AM

Pando I think they are currently looking for signs of mo... Jan 4 2005, 04:33 AM

djellison QUOTE (CosmicRocker @ Jan 4 2005, 03:46 AM)Wo... Jan 4 2005, 08:44 AM

slinted QUOTE (Pando @ Jan 4 2005, 04:33 AM)I think t... Jan 4 2005, 11:28 AM

akuo Sure looks like wind to me. This got me thinking,... Jan 4 2005, 11:52 AM

chris It would probably be less complex to make the sola... Jan 4 2005, 11:59 AM

Bill Harris QUOTE Being a fellow engineer, I imagine the heats... Jan 4 2005, 12:11 PM

djellison It does look like the whole thing is rippling a li... Jan 4 2005, 12:22 PM

MizarKey I favor the wind theory...check out how clean Oppo... Jan 4 2005, 08:58 PM

OWW It seems others are noticing the 'wind' to... Jan 4 2005, 11:14 PM

djellison QUOTE (chris @ Jan 4 2005, 11:59 AM)It would ... Jan 5 2005, 10:02 AM

chris Assuming, of course that the skycrane does its stu... Jan 5 2005, 10:26 AM

djellison I didnt say succesfull lander - I just said lander... Jan 5 2005, 10:33 AM

djellison I was thinking about trying to reproduce this area... Jan 5 2005, 10:34 AM

Sunspot I wonder if they are planning on getting a closeup... Jan 5 2005, 06:43 PM

MizarKey QUOTE (djellison @ Jan 5 2005, 02:34 AM)I was... Jan 5 2005, 06:57 PM

Marcel QUOTE (djellison @ Jan 5 2005, 10:33 AM)I did... Jan 6 2005, 04:13 PM

Analyst RTGs are better than solar arrays from an energy p... Jan 6 2005, 04:39 PM

Pando Actually there are radioisotope units on board the... Jan 6 2005, 04:57 PM

jaredGalen In this image from the rear hazcam, in the middle ... Jan 6 2005, 09:37 PM

OWW Oppy approached the main part of the heatshield. G... Jan 7 2005, 10:31 PM

mook Oppy's playing in the trash: Jan 8 2005, 12:07 AM

mike Opportunity is perplexed.. from whence did it com... Jan 8 2005, 07:15 AM

slinted Here's a mosaic of 5 frames (its interesting t... Jan 8 2005, 07:19 AM

djellison That two-shot technique is analagous to taking mul... Jan 8 2005, 12:37 PM

Bill Harris Wonderful! Take a look in the left center on ... Jan 8 2005, 11:25 PM

OWW Thanks. Here are the links to the two pictures. Mu... Jan 9 2005, 09:00 AM

djellison LOL - one even has motion blur How long before th... Jan 9 2005, 11:45 AM

OWW QUOTE (djellison @ Jan 9 2005, 11:45 AM)LOL -... Jan 9 2005, 01:12 PM

OWW Another view of that 'peak'. Is it really ... Jan 9 2005, 01:26 PM

Bill Harris This is fascinating, to see the effects of the Mar... Jan 9 2005, 02:37 PM

ilbasso Also interesting to note in the pictures that Obse... Jan 9 2005, 10:18 PM

Sunspot Hey we finally have a fairly closeup look at the r... Jan 9 2005, 11:20 PM

dot.dk That's one weird looking rock! Jan 9 2005, 11:41 PM

SFJCody Meteorite? Tektite? Bounce #2? Lump of ejecta f... Jan 10 2005, 12:13 AM

Bill Harris It looks almost meteortic with those pits on the s... Jan 10 2005, 02:39 AM

CosmicRocker At this point, I must vote for cheese...most likel... Jan 10 2005, 06:06 AM

Pando Looks like Oppy is really busy creating a monster ... Jan 11 2005, 01:49 AM

Pando It's alive! Jan 12 2005, 01:50 AM

slinted QUOTE (Pando @ Jan 11 2005, 01:49 AM)Looks li... Jan 12 2005, 02:04 AM

djellison RE: Investigating The Heatshield Jan 14 2005, 01:53 PM

lyford Doug - AWESOME pic right there... Been going th... Jan 18 2005, 10:39 PM

DEChengst Color picture of the fragment that broke off: Jan 19 2005, 05:59 PM

Bill Harris Interesting. Notice the dark discoloration along ... Jan 19 2005, 07:33 PM

geoffrey.landis QUOTE (Pando @ Jan 4 2005, 04:33 AM)I think t... Jan 22 2005, 11:31 PM

djellison By all means - there's a lot of stuff moving a... Jan 23 2005, 11:18 AM

Sunspot Now that Oppy has approached the heatshield again,... Jan 23 2005, 08:36 PM

Pando Final MIs of the heatsheld were wrapped up on Sol ... Jan 24 2005, 07:05 AM

dot.dk MI in action Jan 24 2005, 07:16 AM

Bill Harris QUOTE I don't think they ever wanted to even a... Jan 24 2005, 01:47 PM

john_s A postscript for the heatshield, written nearly 20... Jan 28 2005, 08:28 PM

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