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Was the Columbia astronauts memorial plaque imaged by MER-B? |
 Apr 21 2009, 07:30 PM
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Most of you are aware that on the rear side of the High Gain Antenna mounted on both rovers there is a plaque commemorating the astronauts who died on the STS107 flight. This plaque was imaged by the rover Spirit on Sol 2 (NAVCAM)
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/all...00P1505L0M1.JPG The question is, was it ever imaged by Opportunity as well? If so, can you point me to the Sol#? Thanks! Paolo -------------------- Disclaimer: all opinions, ideas and information included here are my own,and should not be intended to represent opinion or policy of my employer.
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Apr 22 2009, 11:55 AM
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The HGA only points to the earth sometimes -it's not earth pointed all the time. However, to get this picture, the HGA has to point at the ground - something they don't tend to do very often and certainly not something that could be done whilst conducting downlink or uplink via HGA.
Your 'plastic stickers' comment (now edited to say Plaque rather than non space qualified plastic sticker) is a bit short of the mark. It's a plaque, not just stickers. And the fact that you see it on Mars now means that it HAS been flight qualified. It would not have been put on that vehicle without going thru a swathe of flight-readiness environmental tests. |
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RoverDriver Was the Columbia astronauts memorial plaque imaged by MER-B? Apr 21 2009, 07:30 PM
Tesheiner I did a query on the pancam database searching for... Apr 21 2009, 08:27 PM
RoverDriver QUOTE (Tesheiner @ Apr 21 2009, 12:27 PM)... Apr 21 2009, 10:27 PM Tesheiner Oh, just a clarification: the "pancam databas... Apr 22 2009, 05:44 AM djellison I remember when Spirit landed and we saw a picture... Apr 22 2009, 08:10 AM PaulM I have often wondered why the HGA was not turned t... Apr 22 2009, 11:37 AM marsophile Is it certain that there was a Columbia plaque on ... Apr 22 2009, 03:27 PM djellison QUOTE (marsophile @ Apr 22 2009, 04:27 PM... Apr 22 2009, 03:55 PM mhoward Kind of explains why it might not be photographed,... Apr 22 2009, 04:08 PM |
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