Quote from: spectre9 on 07/03/2013 04:59 amTrying to figure out where the updates are it seems like Facebook and Twitter are getting the info while the main jpl page and youtube are dormant.https://twitter.com/marscuriosityhttps://www.facebook.com/MarsCuriosityCuriosity has been visiting Point Lake and is now at Shaler.The raw images site is going so slow it might be quicker to direct download from Mars Here's a few shots from Shaler I've picked out. Enjoy Cross bedded sandstone....
Trying to figure out where the updates are it seems like Facebook and Twitter are getting the info while the main jpl page and youtube are dormant.https://twitter.com/marscuriosityhttps://www.facebook.com/MarsCuriosityCuriosity has been visiting Point Lake and is now at Shaler.The raw images site is going so slow it might be quicker to direct download from Mars Here's a few shots from Shaler I've picked out. Enjoy
For us non-geologists, whats the significance of "cross bedded sandstone?"
Quote from: Dalhousie on 07/03/2013 05:44 amCross bedded sandstone....For us non-geologists, whats the significance of "cross bedded sandstone?"
Cross bedded sandstone....
At the rate taken since landing Curiosity will be at the foothills of Mt Sharp in about a decade...
Quote from: Dalhousie on 07/07/2013 10:06 pmAt the rate taken since landing Curiosity will be at the foothills of Mt Sharp in about a decade...Not quite. Looking at the pics it does seem like they have a bit of a boring drive through a flat rocky area.
Perhaps it was worth investigating the interesting features near the landing site.
This drive seems to be progressing well. No thick sand. I suspect JPL don't want to release an official update until they've clocked some miles so they can't be accused of having gone nowhere in a whole year.
Getting to Mt. Sharp or not lets remember that MSL has already accomplished all of its mission goals. Everything else at this point is a bonus, and I am sure that there are many more interesting things that will be discovered before it reaches the mountain.
Yes, the process of searching has been successful. That was the goal. The results of the search is a different matter
One of those goals was to search for "signs of possible life".
I thought it was to search for signs of past habitability?
The overarching science goal of the mission is to assess whether the landing area has ever had or still has environmental conditions favorable to microbial life, both its habitability and its preservation.
Quote from: Jim on 07/08/2013 01:41 pmYes, the process of searching has been successful. That was the goal. The results of the search is a different matterMission accomplished?
An update!!! http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2013-215
Also, when the MSL rover actually arrives at Mount Sharp, will the habitability of Mars suddenly become apparent?