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MSL development & assembly, Until it's shipped to the Cape
climber
post Mar 29 2010, 08:11 PM
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In case you missed it there's 9 minutes on MSL (actual hardware visible) + 5 minutes with Dr Elachi on "This week in Space" there: http://www.spaceflightnow.com/
14 minutes out of 23 regarding Unmanned, not bad.


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- climber   MSL development & assembly   Mar 29 2010, 08:11 PM
- - punkboi   Five Things About NASA's Mars Curiosity Rover ...   Sep 16 2010, 07:34 PM
- - James Sorenson   I am not sure how long these have been up, or if a...   Sep 17 2010, 07:30 PM
- - djellison   There's a test image here http://www.msss.com/...   Sep 17 2010, 08:00 PM
|- - tharrison   QUOTE (djellison @ Sep 17 2010, 12:00 PM)...   Sep 20 2010, 04:27 PM
- - hendric   Pretty neat idea, using the "leaky" IR r...   Sep 17 2010, 08:08 PM
- - SpaceListener   Strong Robotic Arm Extend From Next Mars Rover An ...   Sep 18 2010, 02:37 AM
- - djellison   I almost miss the old-school MSSS website - it tak...   Sep 20 2010, 05:20 PM
- - stevesliva   Really, you must incorporate an HTML table with fa...   Sep 20 2010, 06:03 PM
- - James Sorenson   Very nice images AND VIDEO!! . I am wonder...   Sep 20 2010, 07:20 PM
|- - tharrison   QUOTE (James Sorenson @ Sep 20 2010, 11:2...   Sep 21 2010, 04:18 PM
- - ElkGroveDan   this past Friday (Sept 17, 2010)....   Sep 21 2010, 07:21 PM
|- - punkboi   QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Sep 21 2010, 12:21 P...   Sep 21 2010, 07:50 PM
- - climber   Lucky man! But make sure you check Emily's...   Sep 21 2010, 07:41 PM
|- - Oersted   QUOTE (climber @ Sep 21 2010, 09:41 PM) L...   Sep 22 2010, 11:18 PM
|- - climber   QUOTE (Oersted @ Sep 23 2010, 01:18 AM) W...   Sep 22 2010, 11:30 PM
- - djellison   For those wondering - I think they're doing so...   Sep 21 2010, 08:06 PM
|- - climber   QUOTE (djellison @ Sep 21 2010, 10:06 PM)...   Sep 30 2010, 08:24 PM
- - punkboi   ChemCam instrument delivered to JPL for installati...   Sep 22 2010, 09:55 PM
- - djellison   The MER wheels are designed to be slightly flexibl...   Sep 22 2010, 11:51 PM
- - climber   Thanks Doug for clarification. I was refering to t...   Sep 23 2010, 03:29 AM
|- - MahFL   Wow they have some big wheel tie downs on Curiosit...   Sep 23 2010, 11:18 AM
- - djellison   Curiosities wheels are not tied down. Until the ...   Sep 23 2010, 01:31 PM
|- - centsworth_II   QUOTE (djellison @ Sep 23 2010, 08:31 AM)...   Sep 23 2010, 05:50 PM
|- - MahFL   I was indeed referring to the red straps in the cl...   Sep 24 2010, 12:36 PM
- - Paolo   A bit OT... It has been pointed out in a French as...   Sep 23 2010, 07:13 PM
- - djellison   They are just to hold it onto that inclined stand ...   Sep 24 2010, 04:00 PM
- - Oersted   That is a delightful image Paolo! - I guess no...   Sep 25 2010, 05:59 PM
- - elakdawalla   Phoenix MARDI microphone was there because its ele...   Sep 30 2010, 08:49 PM
- - James Sorenson   SAM is completed, and ready to be installed into C...   Oct 8 2010, 08:22 PM
- - djellison   Take the wheels off, flip the chassis over, take t...   Oct 8 2010, 08:25 PM
- - eoincampbell   Comparing these photos of SAM with the the diagram...   Oct 8 2010, 09:16 PM
- - djellison   Looks like it - the tunable laser and sample handi...   Oct 8 2010, 09:20 PM
- - punkboi   Watch live footage of Curiosity being assembled (o...   Oct 21 2010, 06:44 PM
- - djellison   Actually - the rover's looking more rover-like...   Oct 21 2010, 06:44 PM
|- - punkboi   As of right now (11:28 PM PDT), engineers are stil...   Oct 22 2010, 06:28 AM
- - elakdawalla   I understand they're working four shifts in or...   Oct 22 2010, 04:18 PM
- - nprev   Four? Interesting choice. I assume it's four 6...   Oct 22 2010, 04:25 PM
|- - centsworth_II   Or maybe 8hr shifts with 2hr overlap to ensure con...   Oct 22 2010, 08:13 PM
- - djellison   Here's the view from the viewing gallery - cam...   Oct 22 2010, 08:16 PM
|- - ElkGroveDan   Awesome, it's as if I was standing there in pe...   Oct 22 2010, 08:51 PM
- - paxdan   Great pan Doug. Bonus points for identifying all t...   Oct 22 2010, 08:51 PM
- - elakdawalla   I've just spent 15 minutes searching for the ...   Oct 22 2010, 09:02 PM
- - djellison   http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA11431   Oct 22 2010, 09:13 PM
- - peter59   Original file is on an old, abandoned branch of ne...   Oct 22 2010, 09:40 PM
- - elakdawalla   Thanks guys, I cannot figure out why that was not ...   Oct 22 2010, 09:51 PM
- - punkboi   Kinda off-topic, but NASA JPL is closing the chat ...   Oct 22 2010, 09:59 PM
|- - djellison   QUOTE (punkboi @ Oct 22 2010, 01:59 PM) P...   Oct 22 2010, 11:05 PM
- - nprev   Sad. Another reminder of how valuable the UMSF for...   Oct 22 2010, 10:20 PM
- - Stu   There are always some ****heads around who think i...   Oct 22 2010, 10:27 PM
- - nprev   I'll happily volunteer to be the MSL livechat ...   Oct 22 2010, 11:33 PM
- - Stu   They really should have someone in there at weeken...   Oct 23 2010, 06:05 PM
- - punkboi   The wheels are too big for skateboards, I'll g...   Oct 25 2010, 07:23 PM
- - Juramike   Three image composite view of MSL Curiosity and as...   Nov 2 2010, 12:21 PM
- - Den   Oppy's troubles with Purgatory show that MER...   Nov 7 2010, 11:40 PM
- - djellison   sigh.... this has already been discussed. Pressur...   Nov 8 2010, 03:22 AM
|- - Den   QUOTE (djellison @ Nov 8 2010, 04:22 AM) ...   Nov 8 2010, 04:15 AM
|- - djellison   QUOTE (Den @ Nov 7 2010, 08:15 PM) I beli...   Nov 8 2010, 04:53 AM
- - Floyd   Den, you might want to see this old thread and Dou...   Nov 8 2010, 04:17 AM
- - KrisK   Below, MSL's dynamic test model skycrane drop ...   Jan 20 2011, 11:18 AM
|- - centsworth_II   Interesting. This video shows the wheels being ext...   Jan 20 2011, 12:23 PM
- - djellison   The animation is several years old and the deploym...   Jan 20 2011, 02:43 PM
- - ElkGroveDan   ... from Tuesday, hand-held with my phone so not t...   Jan 20 2011, 03:48 PM
|- - eoincampbell   QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Jan 20 2011, 07:48 A...   Jan 20 2011, 04:06 PM
- - djellison   The blue and white thing on the right? Handling m...   Jan 20 2011, 04:17 PM
- - Hungry4info   Very nice video showing the full motion drop test....   Jan 20 2011, 05:23 PM
- - djellison   As linked to earlier today in this very thread, tr...   Jan 20 2011, 05:25 PM
- - Hungry4info   Ah, I apologise.   Jan 20 2011, 05:47 PM
- - Mirek   Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) by Paul Mahaffy from...   Jan 24 2011, 11:16 PM
- - RonJones   Does anyone know the status of the zoom Mastcam fo...   Jan 27 2011, 11:23 PM
|- - dshaffer   QUOTE (RonJones @ Jan 27 2011, 07:23 PM) ...   Feb 10 2011, 12:50 PM
- - KrisK   I'm also very curious about status of MastCams...   Jan 28 2011, 12:44 AM
- - Stu   More money needed for MSL... http://www.spacenews...   Jan 29 2011, 04:46 PM
|- - MahFL   Yawn...that peice has enough, "proberblies, c...   Jan 31 2011, 12:40 PM
|- - disownedsky   QUOTE (MahFL @ Jan 31 2011, 07:40 AM) Yaw...   Feb 1 2011, 02:29 PM
|- - SFJCody   I'm going to eat so many peanuts during EDL. A...   Feb 2 2011, 11:42 PM
- - nprev   Oh, I'll dutifully eat my peanuts...but in all...   Feb 3 2011, 01:24 AM
|- - MahFL   QUOTE (nprev @ Feb 3 2011, 02:24 AM) .......   Feb 7 2011, 02:53 PM
- - Explorer1   I had the same misgivings as well when I first hea...   Feb 3 2011, 01:51 AM
|- - SFJCody   I'm fine with the method of landing, it's ...   Feb 3 2011, 02:07 AM
- - centsworth_II   From: http://www.planetary.org/news/2004/0125_Op.....   Feb 7 2011, 03:24 PM
- - djellison   Those low G forces were unexpectedly at the soft e...   Feb 7 2011, 03:54 PM
|- - MahFL   QUOTE (djellison @ Feb 7 2011, 03:54 PM) ...   Feb 8 2011, 11:21 AM
- - djellison   So your point of post 178 was.....?   Feb 8 2011, 02:59 PM
|- - centsworth_II   QUOTE (djellison @ Feb 8 2011, 09:59 AM) ...   Feb 8 2011, 05:48 PM
|- - MahFL   QUOTE (djellison @ Feb 8 2011, 03:59 PM) ...   Feb 10 2011, 12:55 AM
- - djellison   I didn't get that impression at all. Meh.   Feb 8 2011, 06:26 PM
- - ZLD   You could try contacting someone from the Mastcam ...   Feb 10 2011, 03:12 PM
|- - tharrison   QUOTE (ZLD @ Feb 10 2011, 07:12 AM) You c...   Feb 10 2011, 07:16 PM
- - Mirek   Looks like they have attached radiator for the RTG...   Feb 10 2011, 07:15 PM
|- - djellison   QUOTE (Mirek @ Feb 10 2011, 11:15 AM) Loo...   Feb 11 2011, 02:33 AM
- - charborob   The MSL Science Corner webpage mentions this: ...   Feb 10 2011, 09:28 PM
- - elakdawalla   If you check in on the Ustream webcast of MSL peri...   Feb 10 2011, 09:44 PM
- - tharrison   QUOTE (charborob @ Feb 10 2011, 01:28 PM)...   Feb 11 2011, 03:45 PM
|- - PaulM   I asked Rob Manning: Why were there blue flashing ...   Feb 11 2011, 11:32 PM
- - elakdawalla   That's like the second most frequently asked q...   Feb 12 2011, 05:42 AM
- - Oersted   tharrison, I have a question. How are the zoom cam...   Feb 14 2011, 01:12 AM
- - djellison   If it fails - we end up with what's onboard th...   Feb 14 2011, 05:44 AM
- - Oersted   A robust failure mode for a zoom-lens equipped cam...   Feb 14 2011, 09:46 PM
|- - djellison   QUOTE (Oersted @ Feb 14 2011, 01:46 PM) A...   Feb 14 2011, 10:02 PM
- - Oersted   Dear me, yes. I am asking about what is already in...   Feb 15 2011, 05:14 PM
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