MSL at Rocknest, First scoop samples - sols 57-101 |
MSL at Rocknest, First scoop samples - sols 57-101 |
 Oct 3 2012, 12:30 AM
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Curiosity has put more than 400 meters on the odometer and tosol (sol 56) she bumped up to a sand drift that we now know (via Twitter) is named Rocknest and will be the site of the first sample grab. In last week's press briefing, John Grotzinger warned that we will be here for "what seems like a very long time," 2-3 weeks. They will have to run several samples through the SA-SPaH (Sample Acquisition, Processing and Handling subsystem, pronounced "Saw-spa") and in particular CHIMRA (Collection and Handling for In situ Martian Rock Analysis, pronounced "chimera") in order to "clean" it of any remaining Earthly contamination with good Mars dirt before they deliver the first sample to SAM or Chemin. So this seems like a good place to start a new thread.
As usual, discuss stuff that happened through sol 56 in the previous thread. -------------------- My website - My Patreon - @elakdawalla on Twitter - Please support unmannedspaceflight.com by donating here.
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elakdawalla MSL at Rocknest Oct 3 2012, 12:30 AM
ngunn I also wondered if the larger grains could be comp... Oct 14 2012, 07:51 AM ronald This might give some answers - Soil crusts observ... Oct 14 2012, 08:58 AM
Eyesonmars QUOTE (ronald @ Oct 14 2012, 08:58 AM) Th... Oct 15 2012, 12:38 AM ngunn Very good reference ronald. There's enough i... Oct 14 2012, 09:47 AM atomoid It seems like salty condensation deposited atop an... Oct 14 2012, 10:13 AM ronald It looks as if the second charge is gone through.
... Oct 14 2012, 08:38 PM Explorer1 I don't suppose the Mystery Man has shown up a... Oct 14 2012, 08:51 PM Tesheiner QUOTE (Explorer1 @ Oct 14 2012, 10:51 PM)... Oct 15 2012, 07:47 AM EdTruthan On the topic of particle sizes in dune encrustatio... Oct 14 2012, 09:01 PM serpens The possible inter-granular cementing to form a du... Oct 14 2012, 09:48 PM ngunn Great stuff, thanks for the links.
EDIT: Serpen... Oct 14 2012, 09:49 PM serpens While there is accretion, the armouring grains are... Oct 14 2012, 10:13 PM dvandorn The one depositional process that has continued at... Oct 14 2012, 10:23 PM ngunn "The missing part of the puzzle remains why t... Oct 14 2012, 10:26 PM vikingmars What are those "shiny" little grains mad... Oct 15 2012, 06:01 AM jmknapp QUOTE (vikingmars @ Oct 15 2012, 01:01 AM... Oct 15 2012, 08:46 AM ngunn The undersides of overturned crust granules? Oct 15 2012, 07:35 AM Actionman Didn't Curiosity bring with it a magnet to tes... Oct 15 2012, 01:26 PM jmknapp QUOTE (Actionman @ Oct 15 2012, 08:26 AM)... Oct 15 2012, 02:27 PM Actionman QUOTE (jmknapp @ Oct 15 2012, 09:27 AM) I... Oct 15 2012, 05:53 PM Phil Stooke "The one depositional process that has contin... Oct 15 2012, 01:47 PM centsworth_II Re: the dark, shiny grains. It looks to me like ... Oct 15 2012, 05:10 PM serpens QUOTE (centsworth_II @ Oct 15 2012, 06:10... Oct 15 2012, 09:49 PM atomoid if the grains were originally shiny from polishing... Oct 15 2012, 05:30 PM nprev Funny.
However, it is unlikely in the extreme th... Oct 15 2012, 11:30 PM ronald In case someone missed it - there is again some co... Oct 16 2012, 06:42 AM ronald Some more from sol 66 - I asume Damien will releas... Oct 16 2012, 09:47 AM pmetschan To the extreme novice, bright material among all t... Oct 16 2012, 06:14 PM stevesliva QUOTE (pmetschan @ Oct 16 2012, 01:14 PM)... Oct 16 2012, 06:41 PM belleraphon1 As noted the Curiosity team have certainly taken n... Oct 16 2012, 11:26 AM Harder For those not (yet) following the daily news from ... Oct 16 2012, 04:24 PM stevesliva QUOTE (Harder @ Oct 16 2012, 11:24 AM) Fo... Oct 16 2012, 06:39 PM Phil Stooke Feldspar!
Most minerals here will be the ho-h... Oct 16 2012, 06:31 PM dvandorn QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Oct 16 2012, 01:31 P... Oct 16 2012, 07:43 PM ronald Oh, I'm sorry - did not want to hurt anyone ... Oct 16 2012, 07:29 PM pmetschan QUOTE (ronald @ Oct 16 2012, 11:29 AM) Oh... Oct 16 2012, 08:03 PM Greenish Here is an attempt at a cross-eyed view of the ... Oct 16 2012, 09:16 PM fredk QUOTE (Greenish @ Oct 16 2012, 10:16 PM) ... Oct 16 2012, 11:04 PM Greenish I stand corrected, I read through the USGS update ... Oct 17 2012, 12:46 AM ronald QUOTE (fredk @ Oct 17 2012, 01:04 AM) Wha... Oct 17 2012, 09:36 AM iMPREPREX Hey, folks. Apparently the Sol 64 and 66 mastcam 1... Oct 16 2012, 09:59 PM Cruzeiro do Sul I rarely post here but i'm registered in this ... Oct 17 2012, 08:33 AM Actionman NASA To Host Mars Curiosity Rover Teleconference O... Oct 17 2012, 11:44 AM jmknapp Some cracks with upturned margins, sol 66:
Mech... Oct 17 2012, 04:52 PM Thomas Sturm QUOTE (jmknapp @ Oct 17 2012, 09:52 AM) S... Oct 18 2012, 04:15 AM Hungry4info Third scoop.
link Oct 17 2012, 08:14 PM Ant103 I was seriously hoped that the Sol 64 and 66 Mastc... Oct 17 2012, 08:16 PM serpens The bright particle looks flakey, almost like a m... Oct 17 2012, 10:41 PM Explorer1 Dust on the tray now...
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/m... Oct 18 2012, 03:55 AM dvandorn Looks exactly like dried mud to me, too. I've... Oct 18 2012, 05:03 AM xflare QUOTE (dvandorn @ Oct 18 2012, 06:03 AM) ... Oct 18 2012, 12:20 PM ronald At least some big images down now for sol 71.
... Oct 18 2012, 08:40 AM drz1111 The weird part about all the weird mudstone like m... Oct 18 2012, 11:59 AM serpens This effect can occur in cohesive sediment subject... Oct 18 2012, 01:07 PM jmknapp QUOTE (serpens @ Oct 18 2012, 09:07 AM) d... Oct 18 2012, 01:46 PM serpens To an extent we have been conditioned by Phoenix t... Oct 18 2012, 09:37 PM kenny Heading to Glenelg, Earth, tomorrow to mark Curios... Oct 19 2012, 08:32 AM Kaputnik QUOTE (kenny @ Oct 19 2012, 09:32 AM) Hea... Oct 19 2012, 08:18 PM xflare Shouldn't they really be heading to Glenelg in... Oct 19 2012, 08:52 AM xflare This image from sol 67 shows an interesting rock. ... Oct 19 2012, 08:56 AM ronald Two parts of the sol 67 mastcam 100 pan.
You c... Oct 19 2012, 10:24 AM jmknapp The putative mud features were brought up at the r... Oct 19 2012, 07:46 PM rob66 Sol 72 ChemCam Popcorn!
ADMIN NOTE: Post ... Oct 19 2012, 09:59 PM kenny QUOTE (xflare @ Oct 19 2012, 09:52 AM) Sh... Oct 19 2012, 10:08 PM Ondaweb Is the black bell shaped "popcorn" a pic... Oct 20 2012, 01:11 AM nprev Looks like the "bell" shape is the hole ... Oct 20 2012, 01:15 AM centsworth_II QUOTE (nprev @ Oct 19 2012, 08:15 PM) ...... Oct 20 2012, 01:35 AM CosmicRocker QUOTE (serpens @ Oct 18 2012, 04:37 PM) T... Oct 20 2012, 05:32 AM jmknapp As far as that goes, mud cracks are a classic exam... Oct 20 2012, 11:07 AM eoincampbell Glenelg destination too ? We can take a close look... Oct 20 2012, 06:42 PM climber Yep! Would be great if somebody could draw the... Oct 20 2012, 06:48 PM ronald Fun with MAHLI - sol 73:
Interesting image:
W... Oct 20 2012, 09:08 PM ngunn Replying to eoincampbell: Where is that proposed t... Oct 20 2012, 11:28 PM Phil Stooke ngunn, it's on the JPL Curiosity website among... Oct 20 2012, 11:39 PM climber From the telecom since a while...
Edited: oups, Ph... Oct 20 2012, 11:40 PM CosmicRocker QUOTE (jmknapp @ Oct 20 2012, 06:07 AM) .... Oct 21 2012, 05:37 AM jvandriel The complete Sol 64-66 MastCam R Panoramic view.
... Oct 21 2012, 09:42 AM Jam Butty Scoop #4,
Sol 74 anaglyph...
Oct 21 2012, 10:56 AM Stu Love those low Sun views...
Oct 21 2012, 09:48 PM fredk At the press conference this week, they commented ... Oct 21 2012, 10:20 PM jmknapp The way I heard it, it's not any material that... Oct 22 2012, 11:04 AM Actionman Could have been a cloud crossing overhead at the t... Oct 22 2012, 03:15 PM ronald Partial Mastcam 100 panSol 70 and 72:
Big version... Oct 23 2012, 07:39 AM Ant103 Hi guys,
I was enduring some serious problems thi... Oct 23 2012, 06:28 PM Paul Fjeld Ça me fait capoter!
(trans: "this blows ... Oct 23 2012, 06:56 PM ronald Nice work Ant! I'm pretty sure that sol 67... Oct 23 2012, 07:04 PM Reed A tiny natural bridge. From sol 71 chemcam
before ... Oct 23 2012, 07:51 PM fredk QUOTE (Reed @ Oct 23 2012, 07:51 PM) A ti... Oct 24 2012, 03:35 PM vikingmars Sol 67 afternoon view with Sol 50 mountains added ... Oct 24 2012, 08:42 AM Phil Stooke Nice one, Olivier!
Here is an update on activ... Oct 24 2012, 12:37 PM Stu Loving the rocks Curiosity is seeing now...
Oct 24 2012, 02:28 PM algorimancer QUOTE (Stu @ Oct 24 2012, 08:28 AM) Lovin... Oct 24 2012, 03:27 PM dvandorn QUOTE (algorimancer @ Oct 24 2012, 10:27 ... Oct 24 2012, 05:16 PM serpens QUOTE (algorimancer @ Oct 24 2012, 03:27 ... Oct 25 2012, 02:17 AM fredk What makes you say it's not just a dust coatin... Oct 24 2012, 05:26 PM Actionman QUOTE (fredk @ Oct 24 2012, 12:26 PM) Wha... Oct 25 2012, 04:32 PM dvandorn Well -- if it is a dust coating, the dust is pref... Oct 24 2012, 06:19 PM EdTruthan Wow, with the additional batch of Sol 74 MC100... Oct 25 2012, 01:27 AM jvandriel Here is the MASTCam R Panoramic view taken on
Sol ... Oct 25 2012, 03:40 PM Floyd I think the other Doug's hypothesis is that th... Oct 25 2012, 05:01 PM  |
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