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#660
by
robertross
on 06 Aug, 2012 23:18
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picked up dust (first image of dust)
20m above surface
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#661
by
robertross
on 06 Aug, 2012 23:19
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0.9 msec shutter speed
image on surface
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#662
by
robertross
on 06 Aug, 2012 23:20
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#663
by
robertross
on 06 Aug, 2012 23:21
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not sure I have the name right
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#664
by
robertross
on 06 Aug, 2012 23:22
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first image of wheel (image upside down)
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#665
by
Chris Bergin
on 06 Aug, 2012 23:23
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10 minutes of resolution talk, and then an epic video!
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#666
by
robertross
on 06 Aug, 2012 23:23
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They just showed the animation (which I couldn't capture obviously)
MUST SEE!!!!!!!!!1
It was incredble from heat shield falling away, to the dust kick-up, to landing & stop
edit: added image of heat shield falling away
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#667
by
robertross
on 06 Aug, 2012 23:25
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#668
by
robertross
on 06 Aug, 2012 23:26
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current commentator: Joy Crisp
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#669
by
robertross
on 06 Aug, 2012 23:28
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"Thank goodness we had dust covers"
A nice plug to our friend on here!
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#670
by
robertross
on 06 Aug, 2012 23:28
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#671
by
robertross
on 06 Aug, 2012 23:30
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Q&A
Not expecting to find hematite berries at this site
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#672
by
robertross
on 06 Aug, 2012 23:31
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Q: Has anything not gone right?
A: No
expanding: we still need many things to go right & everything to test out right.
(some testing to take 4 Sols)
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#673
by
robertross
on 06 Aug, 2012 23:34
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Q (french journalist): Dust on optics that can be a problem?
A: It can be a problem. We installed dust covers as we had seen a problem before. Cameras higher up to mitigate, but we'll have to see.
Q: on weather
A: No data from meterological station yet (will get it later in the day tomorrow)
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#674
by
robertross
on 06 Aug, 2012 23:36
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Q: why it takes so long to start up since vehicle is nuclear powered?
A: RTG to charge batteries, heating during the night to keep things warm
2080 Watt-hours that can be used (which is the constraint)
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#675
by
robertross
on 06 Aug, 2012 23:37
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Q: On white area on an image. Is that snow?
A (Joy): Not sure. When I got in to work all the scientists had gone. It might be.
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#676
by
robertross
on 06 Aug, 2012 23:38
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Q: When will the science experiments begin?
A: Sol 5 to get things going (2 sols primary computer, 2 Sols for secondary computer)
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#677
by
ugordan
on 06 Aug, 2012 23:39
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Q: On white area on an image. Is that snow?
A (Joy): Not sure. When I got in to work all the scientists had gone. It might be.
She said it was just the image stretch that made it look bright.
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#678
by
iamlucky13
on 06 Aug, 2012 23:40
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Expansion on the night-time operations response while robertross keeps up with the Q/A:
The response was basically that it takes more energy to operate at night due to need to turn on heaters to various system, so operations are best done during daytime to keep within the 2080 Watt-hour per day constraint.
As they characterize the RTG performance on-location, they may be able to start budgeting more than 2080 Watt-hours per day, but not right away.
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#679
by
titanmiller
on 06 Aug, 2012 23:42
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