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[Ant103]

Sol 2 Navcam pan updated (only the rover deck part, at the base of the Mast).



And a vertical projection, so we can clearly see the Skycrane thrusters blowing, on the ground. We can notice that the ones of the left forms lines, contrary to those of the right, that are "spotty". Maybe a shifting of the Skycrane just after it was released ?

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[Marc]

I've made a Wget script to download the sol 3 images. You have to download both files or it won't work.

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[ugordan]

The Mastcam thumbs posted on the raw page look more greenish than the released panorama and look more in line with previous MER and Phoenix appearance. Any idea why the 360 panorama looks more "chocolate", I distinctly heard Mike Malin say he only brightened the images?

[craigmcg]

I seem to recall that yesterday there was mention of a longer press conference today with the EDL team. Yet the NASA TV schedule says 1-2. Is it really just an hour or is the online schedule in need of update?

p.s. nice job yesterday Doug.

[djellison]

I think there's two conferences today - a brief mission update, and a lengthier EDL one.

[elakdawalla]

I think at one point they had planned two separate briefings but since there's not a lot to talk about with the rover right now (a couple health checks & if we're very lucky a full-res Mastcam or two) I think they're just doing one and it'll mostly be about EDL.

[djellison]

Yup - they're currently back to one. Or one and a half. With an opening dance routine. (the situation is 'dynamic')

[craigmcg]

If it is planned to go longer than 1 hour will the start time be moved up or will the end time be moved back?

[marsophile]

I think the success of EDL for Curiosity shouild increase confidence that the substantial funding that may be needed for advanced Mars exploration will not be wasted by mission failures.

[MahFL]

I think the success of EDL for Curiosity shouild increase confidence that the substantial funding that may be needed for advanced Mars exploration will not be wasted by mission failures.

The money is not really wasted, and your always going to have some failures.

[Phil Stooke]

Here's another version of the circular panorama
Briefly back in Ontario before flying to the UK... just time to mess around a bit.

Phil

[scalbers]

Fabulous! So between points 3 and 5 on the rim is the large clearly incised outflow channel that created the alluvial fan we are on?

I wonder if Mastcam will be able to pick out any (admittedly highly foreshortened) details in that direction? There are also several other outflow channels nestling between peaks on that rim - but that seems to be the big one...

P

That's pretty neat as I think I can see the channel there stretching across between points 3 & 5 in the actual pan on the top (post #719).

http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/index.p...st&p=187928

The channel orientation is just a bit rotated from the lower two reference perspectives. Maybe the correspondence will improve when Explore Mars is updated?

[mcaplinger]

I distinctly heard Mike Malin say he only brightened the images?

I don't know precisely what he did and "brightened" covers a lot of ground. I see a perceptual color change even if I just do a level adjustment. At any rate, the raw data speak for themselves; I'm pretty happy with the straight-out-of-the-camera image quality.

[kenny]

Here's another version of the circular panorama
Briefly back in Ontario before flying to the UK... just time to mess around a bit.

That is beautiful, Phil. It clearly shows that the "lower" thruster blasts produced 2 sweeping trenches, while the "upper" 2 made circular pits. I wonder if the sweeping moton required to make the lower 2 elongated, is a result of rotation of the Sky Crane to its departure attitude for the fly-away maneuvre.

[Tesheiner]

But that's not consistent with the WNW heading it took.

(Briefing in 10min.)