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 Jan 16 2010, 01:15 AM
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HiRISE Stay tuned, HiFans, we'll be making a BIG ANNOUNCEMENT next Wednesday...! :-o Hmmm... is it literally something BIG, or maybe they found MPL? |
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Jan 17 2010, 03:07 AM
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I kinda doubt it. The mapping orbit is something like 250 km altitude, think going any lower would be prohibitively expensive in terms of propellent expenditure to stay aloft due to atmospheric drag.
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Jan 17 2010, 03:13 AM
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QUOTE (nprev @ Jan 16 2010, 07:07 PM)  The mapping orbit is something like 250 km altitude... 255 x 320 km, and no, there are no plans to lower it. -------------------- Disclaimer: This post is based on public information only. Any opinions are my own.
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Sunspot What's the BIG ANNOUNCEMENT? Jan 16 2010, 01:15 AM
elakdawalla Terrible teases, aren't they? What a way to d... Jan 16 2010, 02:05 AM
ElkGroveDan QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Jan 15 2010, 06:05 P... Jan 16 2010, 04:08 AM lyford A direct tie in with unmannedspaceflight.com? Jan 16 2010, 02:54 AM dmuller QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Jan 16 2010, 01:05 P... Jan 16 2010, 03:56 AM Hungry4info Maybe they discovered water on Mars!
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Is this linked to Wednesday being ... Jan 16 2010, 02:54 PM elakdawalla I assume it's Wednesday because that's whe... Jan 16 2010, 03:17 PM volcanopele QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Jan 16 2010, 08:17 A... Jan 16 2010, 07:13 PM Stu Is this a "covered on NASA TV" thing, or... Jan 16 2010, 03:28 PM ilbasso It's either (1) the S.S. Minnow, (2) Amelia Ea... Jan 16 2010, 03:55 PM elakdawalla No press release or impending conference or anythi... Jan 16 2010, 04:11 PM Stu Yeah, I'm beginning to think this is a bit of ... Jan 16 2010, 04:23 PM nprev Hmm. Enigmatic!
Monday's probably a ke... Jan 16 2010, 07:25 PM Decepticon If it is the polar lander, I would be surpised if ... Jan 16 2010, 07:25 PM mcaplinger Because this is a HiRISE-only thing, I'm think... Jan 16 2010, 07:58 PM PaulM I remember that a Crism scientist once said that C... Jan 16 2010, 09:37 PM tharrison QUOTE (mcaplinger @ Jan 16 2010, 11:58 AM... Jan 17 2010, 01:00 AM nprev Yeah, I was thinking that my pet hope (hot spring)... Jan 16 2010, 08:03 PM PDP8E ... after working my meager sources for info I hav... Jan 16 2010, 08:03 PM nprev Any of the lost landers would definitely be a majo... Jan 16 2010, 08:08 PM remcook It's not pregnant, is it?
It's got to be ... Jan 16 2010, 08:52 PM Stu QUOTE (remcook @ Jan 16 2010, 08:52 PM) I... Jan 16 2010, 08:55 PM alan QUOTE (Stu @ Jan 16 2010, 02:55 PM) Whate... Jan 17 2010, 01:38 AM tharrison QUOTE (alan @ Jan 16 2010, 05:38 PM) They... Jan 17 2010, 02:04 AM sgendreau They re-imaged Eagle Crater and spotted boot print... Jan 17 2010, 06:09 AM nprev ...yeah, the headline "Mars Orbiter Transform... Jan 16 2010, 09:13 PM scalbers Speaking of stromatolites, could it be related to ... Jan 16 2010, 09:39 PM nprev In order to reduce the peril of going astray, sugg... Jan 16 2010, 09:57 PM Decepticon Out of curiosity can they lower MRO orbit in the f... Jan 17 2010, 02:42 AM imipak For the reason Mcaplinger gave, I don't expect... Jan 17 2010, 06:27 PM nprev Mike, hopefully not OT, but why is MRO's orbit... Jan 17 2010, 09:09 PM mcaplinger QUOTE (nprev @ Jan 17 2010, 01:09 PM) Mik... Jan 18 2010, 12:03 AM Phil Stooke "255 x 320 km, and no, there are no plans to ... Jan 17 2010, 09:48 PM mcaplinger QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Jan 17 2010, 01:48 P... Jan 18 2010, 12:07 AM Juramike Maybe Mars Express photobombed a HiRise image? Jan 18 2010, 12:35 AM siravan The entire January issue of Icarus is dedicated to... Jan 19 2010, 04:20 AM Sunspot QUOTE (siravan @ Jan 19 2010, 04:20 AM) T... Jan 20 2010, 10:05 AM djellison Why are you assuming it's in any of them. No p... Jan 19 2010, 07:23 AM siravan QUOTE (djellison @ Jan 19 2010, 02:23 AM)... Jan 19 2010, 11:22 AM Stu I know what you're saying Siravan, but I think... Jan 19 2010, 11:55 AM Phil Stooke All these points suggest it's only big to peop... Jan 19 2010, 12:13 PM cassioli I subscribe discussion... hoping you'll not po... Jan 19 2010, 02:45 PM djellison It's only gone public today. It's access,... Jan 20 2010, 02:55 PM Hungry4info Great, now we can expect weekly images from Cydoni... Jan 20 2010, 03:24 PM Juramike I think this is a massive announcement, almost the... Jan 20 2010, 03:35 PM djellison QUOTE (Juramike @ Jan 20 2010, 03:35 PM) ... Jan 20 2010, 03:39 PM tharrison I thought this might be the announcement because i... Jan 20 2010, 11:50 PM mcaplinger Interesting that it took the "People's Ca... Jan 20 2010, 03:38 PM Juramike Oh, I agree.
This is a continuation of that, and ... Jan 20 2010, 03:43 PM Phil Stooke Darn - I'm still rooting for MPL. Someone in ... Jan 20 2010, 04:07 PM ugordan QUOTE (mcaplinger @ Jan 20 2010, 04:38 PM... Jan 20 2010, 05:28 PM eoincampbell Well, I was about to request more possible MPL sit... Jan 20 2010, 06:29 PM Greg Hullender We should call this sort of technology "Space... Jan 20 2010, 06:32 PM helvick Scott Maxwell's Mars 3.0 presentation at Gnome... Jan 20 2010, 07:12 PM elakdawalla I started a new thread for discussions of spots th... Jan 20 2010, 08:33 PM |
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