MSL Post Landing - Commissioning Period & Early Observations, Commissioning Activity Period 1B - Sols 9 through 16 |
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MSL Post Landing - Commissioning Period & Early Observations, Commissioning Activity Period 1B - Sols 9 through 16 |
 Aug 21 2012, 02:51 PM
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QUOTE (djellison @ Aug 21 2012, 01:50 PM)  Looks like the old MERtian trick of cloud watching. Exactly - nice to see something so familiar. They usually don't take that many flat field images, and they're usually full-frame. What looks like a DD sequence coming up, too. Here's an anaglyph of the IDD - for experts mainly, since the stereo effect is pretty extreme:
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Aug 21 2012, 03:10 PM
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QUOTE (fredk @ Aug 21 2012, 07:51 AM) Here's an anaglyph of the IDD FWIW, on MSL it's not called the IDD. I used to think it was called the SA/SPaH but technically that's not the name for the whole thing. We just call the thing in your anaglyph the turret, and we call the robotic arm (RA?) the arm. It's worth remembering that when MSL was first described in the AO it had two arms, one for sampling and one for contact sensing, but those were merged. -------------------- Disclaimer: This post is based on public information only. Any opinions are my own.
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Aug 21 2012, 03:20 PM
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Thanks for that clarification!
Here's an animation showing dust particles leaving and new ones sticking onto the FRA lens. Must be some wind. First frame sol0, 2nd two sol 14:
I like the mast (RSM) rotating between the last two frames! |
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Aug 21 2012, 03:24 PM
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Yes, sorry, MAHLI and not MARDI. Post corrected. Thanks
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Aug 21 2012, 04:46 PM
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Goulburn Scour looks like it's been zapped!? The six very dark images that just came down from ChemCam, once brightened, features two nearly identical shots in which one show a distinct mark in the center on one of the hapless inhabitants of the scour. Here's animated GIF of the two frames and the location of the victim in question from mastcam. Poor fellow, first the descent stage, now this... just not his week.
-------------------- "We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time." -T.S. Eliot
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Aug 21 2012, 04:52 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 4256 Joined: 17-January 05 Member No.: 152 |
And wheel movement:
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl-raw-images/pr...NCAM00113M_.JPG http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl-raw-images/pr...NCAM00113M_.JPG You can see the whole rover has shifted a bit as a result. |
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Aug 21 2012, 05:00 PM
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new audio teleconference in a couple of min
from the visuals posted: first wheel, arm movements, neutron instrument, meteo package |
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Aug 21 2012, 05:05 PM
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Starting now....
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Aug 21 2012, 05:08 PM
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QUOTE (Paolo @ Aug 21 2012, 06:00 PM) new audio teleconference in a couple of min from the visuals posted: first wheel, arm movements, neutron instrument, meteo package Wow, it's real windy, 25 m/s. |
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Aug 21 2012, 05:26 PM
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What about 8% air humidity, is a lot! (or I misunderstood...)
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Aug 21 2012, 05:27 PM
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Damaged wires on two wind sensor circuit boards...
Can't Mahli look at the mast? Maybe see exactly what happened? dilo, that graphic is a place holder for the actual weather site. |
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Aug 21 2012, 05:29 PM
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QUOTE (Explorer1 @ Aug 21 2012, 06:27 PM) Damaged wires on two circuit boards... ughh journalists wont ask q's about anything else. |
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Aug 21 2012, 05:31 PM
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QUOTE (EdTruthan @ Aug 21 2012, 06:46 PM) Goulburn Scour looks like it's been zapped!? just confirmed at the teleconf |
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Aug 21 2012, 05:32 PM
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QUOTE (Explorer1 @ Aug 21 2012, 12:27 PM) Damaged wires on two wind sensor circuit boards... That stinks. This will probably make wind direction determination challenging. |
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Aug 21 2012, 05:33 PM
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Wind speed is given as an example. 25 m s-1 is not a real measurement. The clue was probably the 8% humidity...
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