[X] My Assistant

[Nix]

Do we know what Image data Curiosity will be attempting to upload on the next flyover pass? More hazcams only, or do weexpect to have the mast up and taking pics and ready to send?

in 1 or 2 days?

[Eluchil]

There is a low bandwidth ODY pass that will happen in about 10 minutes that may have a couple new HazCams. Does anyone know when the first MARDI images are expected to be downlinked? I saw that 18 had been assigned a (relatively) high priority, but the JPL Ustream was just saying that the current pass would have only a HazCam or two.

[climber]

I'm interested to know which frame of MARDI video would be the most urgent to download from Curiosity in order to help planning the begining of the route.
The frames can be blured by the movments during descent but pending they are looking strait down and the max definition is achieved, I was thinking of the following:
1- when quality equal HirIse (2 kms altitude)
2- twice better (1.320 km altitude)
3- 3 times better (660m altitude)
I then calculate the FOV and get this:
1- 2400m x 1800m (it's what I found here: http://msl-scicorner.jpl.nasa.gov/Instruments/MARDI/)
2- 1584m x 1188m
3- 792m x 984m
I'm wondering what do you think about this?
My opinion is that, with such FOV, the terrain around where we landed look so benign that I don't think MARDI pictures will be of any (real) help for route planning to get to the base of Mt Sharp.
Nevertheless MARDI will help for, say, the first 500m.