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MSL at Rocknest, First scoop samples - sols 57-101
elakdawalla
post 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.


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- elakdawalla   MSL at Rocknest   Oct 3 2012, 12:30 AM
- - ronald   The latter one (see here). Someone in to add 64 an...   Oct 25 2012, 06:56 PM
|- - atomoid   QUOTE (ronald @ Oct 25 2012, 10:56 AM) .....   Oct 25 2012, 08:56 PM
- - Greenish   I've been playing with ImageJ to make some fal...   Oct 25 2012, 06:59 PM
- - jvandriel   Airbag, That fuzy artifact is part of the Turret, ...   Oct 25 2012, 08:15 PM
- - Reckless   TUESDAY, OCT. 30, 2012 at 2:30 p.m. EDT: NASA TO H...   Oct 27 2012, 08:47 PM
|- - jmknapp   Good to have a teleconference. It's been prett...   Oct 27 2012, 11:11 PM
- - Doc   Sol 78 tray operations:   Oct 27 2012, 11:05 PM
- - EdTruthan   Questioning my sanity last few days... but I had t...   Oct 28 2012, 10:23 PM
- - iMPREPREX   Ed - Just astounding. I've been trying to get ...   Oct 28 2012, 10:49 PM
- - ngunn   I went for the 'Large'. That is stupendous...   Oct 28 2012, 11:32 PM
|- - iMPREPREX   QUOTE (ngunn @ Oct 28 2012, 07:32 PM) I w...   Oct 29 2012, 12:36 AM
- - EdTruthan   Thanks guys. Am looking into Gigapan right now, ni...   Oct 28 2012, 11:46 PM
- - iMPREPREX   Awesome, Ed. This is one heck of a panorama. No ma...   Oct 28 2012, 11:49 PM
- - Phil Stooke   The little natural arch thing is on a rock called ...   Oct 29 2012, 12:52 AM
- - EdTruthan   Got it up to Gigapan, so the full 84,213 x 3,383px...   Oct 29 2012, 01:08 AM
|- - Free Mars   Ed's pan makes Fark's Geek tab   Oct 30 2012, 12:19 AM
- - Astro0   Brilliant pan Ed. This entire area is amazing. Cur...   Oct 29 2012, 05:57 AM
|- - CosmicRocker   QUOTE (Astro0 @ Oct 29 2012, 12:57 AM) .....   Oct 30 2012, 04:33 AM
- - xflare   WOW...amazing pan Ed. I really didn't think t...   Oct 29 2012, 07:18 AM
- - Tycho   Does anyone know the name of the instrument shown ...   Oct 29 2012, 10:30 AM
- - jamescanvin   That is the REMS UV sensor From http://msl-scico...   Oct 29 2012, 11:37 AM
- - Phil Stooke   A stupendous pan from Edtruthan! Here I have ...   Oct 29 2012, 01:46 PM
- - ronald   Really awesome Ed - thank you! Some eye-cross...   Oct 29 2012, 02:57 PM
- - Doc   Awesome panorama Ed!   Oct 29 2012, 04:50 PM
- - fredk   Mahli stereo showing some very delicate-looking st...   Oct 29 2012, 05:05 PM
- - EdTruthan   In this brightened crop of your anaglyph FredK, it...   Oct 29 2012, 05:16 PM
|- - pmetschan   QUOTE (EdTruthan @ Oct 29 2012, 10:16 AM)...   Oct 29 2012, 05:30 PM
|- - Actionman   Looks like a casting made in sand mold and the san...   Oct 29 2012, 06:13 PM
- - ronald   Regarding the posts above I would bet on aeolian d...   Oct 29 2012, 06:48 PM
- - Eyesonmars   QUOTE (EdTruthan @ Oct 29 2012, 02:08 AM)...   Oct 29 2012, 08:31 PM
- - Stu   Hmmm... looks a bit shiny beneath the dust... htt...   Oct 29 2012, 11:18 PM
|- - walfy   QUOTE (Stu @ Oct 29 2012, 03:18 PM) Meteo...   Oct 30 2012, 05:43 AM
|- - walfy   Just one more for tonight. Another take on this w...   Oct 30 2012, 06:29 AM
|- - Zeke4ther   That is truly amazing!   Oct 30 2012, 07:30 AM
|- - jhagen   First post... I don't know how to link to the...   Nov 1 2012, 08:26 AM
|- - jmknapp   QUOTE (jhagen @ Nov 1 2012, 03:26 AM) Fir...   Nov 1 2012, 10:53 AM
- - jmknapp   Sort of like bread dough.   Oct 30 2012, 09:53 AM
|- - atomoid   QUOTE (jmknapp @ Oct 30 2012, 02:53 AM) S...   Oct 30 2012, 11:04 PM
|- - jmknapp   To continue the food theme, in today's telecas...   Oct 30 2012, 11:19 PM
- - Hungry4info   CheMin X-ray diffraction results. Feldspar, pyroxe...   Oct 30 2012, 08:50 PM
- - atomoid   hmmm.. the 'closest thing to sand on Mars...   Oct 30 2012, 11:55 PM
- - dvandorn   So, there's a significant feldspar content in ...   Oct 31 2012, 03:40 AM
|- - john_s   QUOTE (dvandorn @ Oct 30 2012, 09:40 PM) ...   Oct 31 2012, 02:37 PM
|- - DFortes   QUOTE (john_s @ Oct 31 2012, 02:37 PM) No...   Nov 1 2012, 08:42 PM
- - jmknapp   Another interesting moment in the telecon was cour...   Oct 31 2012, 10:26 AM
- - ronald   Yeah I remember that part too with Craig leaving t...   Oct 31 2012, 11:22 AM
- - dvandorn   I hear you, John. I guess I ought to have stated ...   Oct 31 2012, 04:38 PM
- - Phil Stooke   And just to add names to John's feldspar types...   Oct 31 2012, 04:38 PM
- - dvandorn   Exactly, Phil -- what I just called alkali feldspa...   Oct 31 2012, 04:45 PM
|- - drz1111   QUOTE (dvandorn @ Oct 31 2012, 11:45 AM) ...   Nov 1 2012, 12:47 PM
- - fredk   A new stereo mahli view of Burwash. Taken from a ...   Oct 31 2012, 05:24 PM
|- - ElkGroveDan   QUOTE (fredk @ Oct 31 2012, 10:24 AM) A n...   Oct 31 2012, 06:02 PM
- - ronald   Some "Et-then" and since my take on ...   Oct 31 2012, 05:55 PM
|- - walfy   QUOTE (ronald @ Oct 31 2012, 09:55 AM) my...   Oct 31 2012, 06:56 PM
- - stewjack   Just a casual observation. However; I haven't...   Oct 31 2012, 07:50 PM
- - Explorer1   Telecon Friday morning, on atmospheric studies. Wh...   Oct 31 2012, 09:19 PM
- - elakdawalla   I've gotten behind on MSL so spent today getti...   Oct 31 2012, 11:15 PM
- - fredk   I guess you mean the series ending with these two ...   Nov 1 2012, 04:02 AM
- - Tesheiner   Created a separate thread for this spectacular sel...   Nov 1 2012, 08:31 PM
- - paraisosdelsistemasolar   ChemCam shots on Sol 85.   Nov 1 2012, 08:32 PM
- - Reckless   Hi Dom I had heard that the rock Jake was said t...   Nov 1 2012, 08:51 PM
- - DFortes   Hi Roy I hadn't heard mugearite mentioned prev...   Nov 1 2012, 09:16 PM
- - elakdawalla   This seems like a good moment to post a lengthy ex...   Nov 1 2012, 09:27 PM
- - Reckless   Hi again Dom I can't remember the source I th...   Nov 1 2012, 11:10 PM
- - Explorer1   Telecon visuals are up: http://www.nasa.gov/missio...   Nov 2 2012, 04:51 PM
- - Hungry4info   Confirmed, no CH4 detection just yet. But will con...   Nov 2 2012, 05:17 PM
|- - xflare   QUOTE (Hungry4info @ Nov 2 2012, 05:17 PM...   Nov 2 2012, 05:20 PM
|- - Tom Tamlyn   The prepared presentations have just finished. IM...   Nov 2 2012, 05:34 PM
- - Hungry4info   If I understand right, the CH4 abundance detected ...   Nov 2 2012, 05:30 PM
- - fredk   I hope someone asks how the upper limit on methane...   Nov 2 2012, 05:32 PM
|- - Hungry4info   QUOTE (fredk @ Nov 2 2012, 12:32 PM) I ho...   Nov 2 2012, 05:35 PM
- - ronald   Burwash and Et-Then Sol 84/85   Nov 3 2012, 05:38 PM
- - abalone   Just had a good look at the self-portrait and am a...   Nov 3 2012, 11:01 PM
|- - djellison   QUOTE (abalone @ Nov 3 2012, 04:01 PM) wi...   Nov 4 2012, 04:50 AM
- - Explorer1   It's just cosmetic; as long as the main struct...   Nov 4 2012, 01:34 AM
- - fredk   No, don't shoot the sundial! http://mars.j...   Nov 4 2012, 04:49 AM
- - Zelenyikot   Interesting finding. This is a new bright objects?...   Nov 4 2012, 11:28 PM
- - Astro0   The mission team has said that it is likely that t...   Nov 5 2012, 02:55 AM
- - Zelenyikot   Colored ChemCam   Nov 5 2012, 05:51 AM
|- - Actionman   QUOTE (Zelenyikot @ Nov 5 2012, 12:51 AM)...   Nov 5 2012, 12:51 PM
- - vikingmars   When you look carefully at some sky images taken o...   Nov 5 2012, 11:20 AM
|- - Actionman   QUOTE (vikingmars @ Nov 5 2012, 06:20 AM)...   Nov 5 2012, 01:23 PM
- - Hungry4info   Hot pixels...?   Nov 5 2012, 12:19 PM
- - Floyd   Image chip pixels can fail in at least two ways-- ...   Nov 5 2012, 02:09 PM
- - Deimos   A cosmetic blemish visible in a flat image need no...   Nov 5 2012, 02:22 PM
- - elakdawalla   Also, watch out for the optical illusion that a gr...   Nov 5 2012, 04:53 PM
- - jardmonkey   Here is my take on a Glenelg panorama from Sol 64....   Nov 5 2012, 08:17 PM
- - Zelenyikot   Anaglyphs from 66, 72, 79, 77 sols.   Nov 5 2012, 10:10 PM
- - Phil Stooke   Zelenyikot, very nice work. I really like the Che...   Nov 5 2012, 11:57 PM
- - Zelenyikot   Thank you. I am glad that I can at least thus join...   Nov 6 2012, 12:36 AM
- - Phil Stooke   (Also that is a truly brilliant avatar!) Phil   Nov 6 2012, 12:56 AM
- - Zelenyikot   What do you like Colored ChemCam from 71, 77, 79...   Nov 6 2012, 05:24 AM
|- - eoincampbell   Excellent ChemCam treatments! (still stumped o...   Nov 6 2012, 03:16 PM
|- - RoverDriver   QUOTE (Zelenyikot @ Nov 5 2012, 09:24 PM)...   Nov 6 2012, 05:41 PM
- - fredk   Thanks for the coloured chemcam shots. I don...   Nov 6 2012, 03:38 PM
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