LIVE: MSL Curiosity Rover ENTRY, DESCENT, LANDING - Aug 5-6, 2012

• #640 by mikes on 06 Aug, 2012 22:47
• Quote from: marsman2020 on 06 Aug, 2012 17:27

  Well, since I was the cognizant engineer on these now-world-famous dust covers, I guess I can stop lurking and talk about them a little bit.
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  This exemplifies what I love about NSF. HOTTOL and I have a gentle argument over pyro or non-pyro, each backing up our argument with an obscure page dredged up through Google, then along ambles marsman2020 saying "oh, yes, I designed that didn't I" and delivers a nerd's dream of detail that would never make it to mainstream media.
  
  Many thanks marsman2020, and ongoing thanks to Chris for this wonderful site.
  
  And this ain't even L2 ...
  
• #641 by Chris Bergin on 06 Aug, 2012 22:59
• Thanks for the above! Much appreciated!
  
  Presser about to start. Let's have everyone's screenshot fu on "strong".
• #642 by robertross on 06 Aug, 2012 23:00
• Quote from: Chris Bergin on 06 Aug, 2012 22:59

  Presser about to start. Let's have everyone's screenshot fu on "strong".
  

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• #643 by robertross on 06 Aug, 2012 23:06
• starting

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• #644 by robertross on 06 Aug, 2012 23:07
• (missed the others)

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• #645 by robertross on 06 Aug, 2012 23:08
• Earlier we had ~ 5Mbits of data on the ground
  we now have ~ 40 Mbits on the ground
  
  
  Rover will wake up at 5:45 pm
• #646 by Chris Bergin on 06 Aug, 2012 23:08
• Rover soon to wake up on Sol 1. Main task is to check out an antenna.
• #647 by robertross on 06 Aug, 2012 23:09
• High Gain antenna deploy

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• #648 by robertross on 06 Aug, 2012 23:09
• Relay

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• #649 by robertross on 06 Aug, 2012 23:11
• low gain antenna

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• #650 by robertross on 06 Aug, 2012 23:12
• high gain antenna

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• #651 by robertross on 06 Aug, 2012 23:13
• Sol1 activities

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• #652 by robertross on 06 Aug, 2012 23:13
• heat shield image!!
  
  edit to add: this is just below the location of the parachute descent image (just off screen above of capture)

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• #653 by Chris Bergin on 06 Aug, 2012 23:14
• Looks like the photoed the heatshield impact spot.
• #654 by robertross on 06 Aug, 2012 23:14
• front hazcam image from earlier

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• #655 by robertross on 06 Aug, 2012 23:16
• heat shield from on-board camera

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• #656 by mikes on 06 Aug, 2012 23:17
• MAHLI field of view

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• #657 by robertross on 06 Aug, 2012 23:17
• multi-frame animation will be coming up
• #658 by Chris Bergin on 06 Aug, 2012 23:17
• Heatshield sep images!
• #659 by robertross on 06 Aug, 2012 23:17
• mid-altitude image

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