For anyone who missed the LPSC press briefing associated with the PR jacqmans posted above, you can watch it here:http://www.livestream.com/lpsc2013/video?clipId=pla_5f897671-5a33-43d2-991f-d6b0e2a3a340Or on the JPL ustream channel: http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/30076916
Mawrth Vallis would be my preferred location...lots of different types of clays without too much roving.
Is there any version that isn't heavily blurred?
Upcoming activities include preparations for a moratorium on transmitting commands to Curiosity from April 4 to May 1, while Mars will be passing nearly directly behind the sun from Earth's perspective. The moratorium is a precaution against possible interference by the sun corrupting a command sent to the rover.
I'm not sure of the reasoning for this. Their communication should be encrypted and checksummed. There should be no way a command should be able to be corrupted unless there was a hardware failure on the rover itself.
Quote from: robertross on 03/25/2013 11:46 pmUpcoming activities include preparations for a moratorium on transmitting commands to Curiosity from April 4 to May 1, while Mars will be passing nearly directly behind the sun from Earth's perspective. The moratorium is a precaution against possible interference by the sun corrupting a command sent to the rover.I'm not sure of the reasoning for this. Their communication should be encrypted and checksummed. There should be no way a command should be able to be corrupted unless there was a hardware failure on the rover itself.
"In theory, there should be no difference between theory and practice, but in practice, there is." (William T. Harbaugh)
Quote from: mlindner on 03/26/2013 02:18 amQuote from: robertross on 03/25/2013 11:46 pmUpcoming activities include preparations for a moratorium on transmitting commands to Curiosity from April 4 to May 1, while Mars will be passing nearly directly behind the sun from Earth's perspective. The moratorium is a precaution against possible interference by the sun corrupting a command sent to the rover.I'm not sure of the reasoning for this. Their communication should be encrypted and checksummed. There should be no way a command should be able to be corrupted unless there was a hardware failure on the rover itself.Quote"In theory, there should be no difference between theory and practice, but in practice, there is." (William T. Harbaugh)If communication will be difficult, regardless whether some might get through and be checksum'd OK, it seems safer to wait it out.DSN is a valuable resource, so I suspect it's more worthwhile to use it for something else during the "blackout".cheers, Martin
DSN is a valuable resource, so I suspect it's more worthwhile to use it for something else during the "blackout".
I saw this last week and I was a little dismayed at how beat up the wheels were just from short roving here on earth. There were dents and even holes in the wheels; this does not bode well for long term roving on Mars...
Don't worry about it. Opportunity's been going over nine years and its wheels are still turning.
Quote from: MP99 on 03/26/2013 10:12 pmDSN is a valuable resource, so I suspect it's more worthwhile to use it for something else during the "blackout".Have they scheduled the bandwidth for another use?
As with any large, rotating structure that has operated almost 24 hours per day, seven days per week for over 40 years, we eventually have to replace major elements," said Wayne Sible, the network's deputy project manager at JPL.
News release: 2013-121 April. 3, 2013 Used Parachute on Mars Flaps in the Wind