LIVE: MSL Curiosity Post Landing SOL 1 onwards Update Thread

• #220 by robertross on 10 Aug, 2012 17:25
• Possible image of descent stage impact
  
  edit: ~600m away
  
  ~ 100 mph
  
  taken from rear Hazcam

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• #221 by Chris Bergin on 10 Aug, 2012 17:25
• Looks like they've photoed the SkyCrane impact!
  
  Notes the two impact spots "We created those with our rocket engines!"
  
  Thinks the debris on the rover is pretty cool too.
• #222 by robertross on 10 Aug, 2012 17:27
• Image taken from direction shown
  
  Taling about divot in the ground caused by the decsent stage
  
  debris kicked up that landed on the top of the rover (pretty cool)

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• #223 by Chris Bergin on 10 Aug, 2012 17:29
• Google Mars of landing! I want to play with this!
• #224 by Robert Thompson on 10 Aug, 2012 17:30
• Google Mars banking reversals. They're getting good at these visualizations.
• #225 by robertross on 10 Aug, 2012 17:30
• Jody Davis
  
  Talking about how they used Google Mars

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• #226 by robertross on 10 Aug, 2012 17:31

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• #227 by robertross on 10 Aug, 2012 17:31

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• #228 by robertross on 10 Aug, 2012 17:31
• (para): "Google even put an American flug at the landing spot for our rover"
  
  edit to add image capture of American Flag

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• #229 by robertross on 10 Aug, 2012 17:32
• landing location diagrams

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• #230 by Chris Bergin on 10 Aug, 2012 17:33
• Only missed the landing target by 1.5 miles.
  
  The estimation and actual landing sport are just 200m apart.
  
  The ballast landed where they expected.
• #231 by Stardust9906 on 10 Aug, 2012 17:34

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• #232 by robertross on 10 Aug, 2012 17:35
• What we are doing next:
  
  To jetison flight software
  (phone has processor that is 10x as faster and 16x as much storage. Have to build computers robust enough to survive).

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• #233 by Chris Bergin on 10 Aug, 2012 17:35
• Heh. Software talk. Ben's phone has a processor 10 times faster than MSL, but his phone is only monitoring his twitter feed!
  
  Software transition talk. The slides explain.
• #234 by robertross on 10 Aug, 2012 17:36

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• #235 by robertross on 10 Aug, 2012 17:36

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• #236 by robertross on 10 Aug, 2012 17:37
• 2 new apps coming in R10

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• #237 by Stardust9906 on 10 Aug, 2012 17:37

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• #238 by robertross on 10 Aug, 2012 17:39
• R10 software will include ability to drive & do the science
  
  (R9 was the entry software)

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• #239 by robertross on 10 Aug, 2012 17:40
• If all goes well on Sol 6 we will commit to R10
  Then we will implement the backup computer, with Sol 7 will ccmmit to the backup computer

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