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The size of MSL, Yep, it really IS that big!

djellison View Member Profile	Jul 13 2009, 10:47 PM Post #31
Administrator Group: Chairman Posts: 13245 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1	Delay related posts moved to MSL reasons for delay thread.

peter59 View Member Profile	Jul 27 2009, 08:00 AM Post #32
Member Group: Members Posts: 521 Joined: 20-April 05 From: Poland Member No.: 299	Large Heat Shield for Mars Science Laboratory http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/msl-20090710.html Heat shield with a diameter of 4.5 meters is really big. -------------------- Free software for planetary science (including Cassini Image Viewer). http://members.tripod.com/petermasek/marinerall.html

MahFL View Member Profile	Jul 27 2009, 12:53 PM Post #33
Forum Contributor Group: Members Posts: 905 Joined: 8-February 04 From: North East Florida, USA. Member No.: 11	I read somewhere there was concern over the heatshield and infact a new one might have to be built. Does anyone know if that was the case ? Logically proberbly not if the heatshield is now ready.

hendric View Member Profile	Jul 28 2009, 04:10 AM Post #34
Director of Galilean Photography Group: Members Posts: 709 Joined: 15-July 04 From: Austin, TX Member No.: 93	That's no heatshield, it's a small moon! -------------------- Space Enthusiast Richard Hendricks -- "The engineers, as usual, made a tremendous fuss. Again as usual, they did the job in half the time they had dismissed as being absolutely impossible." --Rescue Party, Arthur C Clarke Mother Nature is the final inspector of all quality.

climber View Member Profile	Aug 5 2009, 09:16 PM Post #35
Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2562 Joined: 14-February 06 From: Very close to the Pyrénées Mountains (France) Member No.: 682	A "spaceflightnow.com", Craig Covault's article here: http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n0908/05msl/ Including quite some nice and new pictures. -------------------- www.tracesetcheminements.com

Stu

Jun 11 2010, 06:21 AM

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MSL activity in JPL clean room yesterday during the "Summer of Innovation" event...

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brellis View Member Profile	Sep 6 2011, 12:00 PM Post #37
Member Group: Members Posts: 662 Joined: 9-February 07 Member No.: 1700	I was - uhm Curious about the size and weight of MSL as compared to the Viking Landers. According to Wiki, MSL is 10 feet long (3.0m) and weighs about a ton (900kg). According to the NSSDC Catalog, Viking's lander feet formed a 7.25 ft (2.21m) triangle when viewed from above, and weighed 1261lbs (572kg).

Stu View Member Profile	Dec 18 2011, 07:43 PM Post #38
The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5546 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60	Very cute new "family portrait" here... http://www.lacanadaonline.com/news/tn-pas-...0,7369198.story -------------------- Homepage Astropoetry "Cumbrian Sky" blog "Road to Endeavour" blog

James Sorenson View Member Profile	Dec 19 2011, 09:13 PM Post #39
Member Group: Members Posts: 254 Joined: 21-December 07 From: Clatskanie, Oregon Member No.: 3988	That is an excellent photo! Does anyone know where the full resolution pics are? I'd like to make that rover family portrait my desktop background.

pospa View Member Profile	Jan 22 2012, 06:29 PM Post #40
Member Group: Members Posts: 101 Joined: 4-May 11 From: Pardubice, CZ Member No.: 5979	QUOTE (James Sorenson @ Dec 19 2011, 10:13 PM) ...Does anyone know where the full resolution pics are? I'd like to make that rover family portrait my desktop background. James (and all others), maybe you'll like these new hi-res pictures from Mars Yard: http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA15279 http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA15280 http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA15278 http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA15277

brellis View Member Profile	Jan 22 2012, 07:13 PM Post #41
Member Group: Members Posts: 662 Joined: 9-February 07 Member No.: 1700	Great pics -- 15279 with the two basketball players gives you a good sense of how big MSL is!

pospa View Member Profile	May 13 2012, 01:55 PM Post #42
Member Group: Members Posts: 101 Joined: 4-May 11 From: Pardubice, CZ Member No.: 5979	MSL team testing rover mobility across sand dunes in the Mojave Desert with weight simulator Scarecrow. ... with MER simulator as well. For comparison maybe, or training for Cape Tribulation? more pictures here

djellison View Member Profile	May 13 2012, 05:21 PM Post #43
Administrator Group: Chairman Posts: 13245 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1	We know exactly how the MER chassis copes with real Mars. It's being used as calibration - a reality check - to help us figure out exactly how well the MSL chassis will handle Mars as well.

pospa View Member Profile	May 14 2012, 11:21 AM Post #44
Member Group: Members Posts: 101 Joined: 4-May 11 From: Pardubice, CZ Member No.: 5979	QUOTE (djellison @ May 13 2012, 07:21 PM) It's being used as calibration - a reality check - to help us figure out exactly how well the MSL chassis will handle Mars as well. OK, thanks for clarification. ... and the result is? ... how well the MSL chassis will handle Mars?

Marz View Member Profile	Aug 5 2012, 11:29 PM Post #45
Member Group: Members Posts: 278 Joined: 31-August 05 From: Florida & Texas, USA Member No.: 482	Just watching all the "pre-game" shows and learned that the backshell has 75kg of tungsten ballast embedded on the forward edge to help control its attitude in atmosphere entry. I wonder if large follow-up missions of landers could be designed so that the robot stowage configuration achieves this purpose. Seems a shame to deliver an extra 75kg to mars that is dumb ballast. 5.7 hours and counting!

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