-
#360
by
Fixer
on 14 Aug, 2012 21:38
-
It would be nice to see the results of landing ellipse mapping by scientists that was initiated by Grotzinger just before landing (of 151 squares I think).
-
#361
by
savuporo
on 14 Aug, 2012 22:45
-
Has it been mentioned if the full MEDLI dataset is downlinked yet ? Saw a post few days ago about team having 10% of it in hand.
-
#362
by
Retired Downrange
on 14 Aug, 2012 23:21
-
I really enjoyed the enthusiasm (and humor) of Ken, the MALHI camera guy at the presser last week. (he gave the "squirrels" answer when asked about the "walnut sized" rocks). Today I learned he attended Earlham College, as I did also.
Here is the college article about him, if you are interested:
https://www.earlham.edu/news/articles/earlhams-martian-connection
-
#363
by
ChrisC
on 15 Aug, 2012 03:14
-
Here's my full record of the news conference
try here for replay: http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/24703937
Thanks Fixer and jabe! Nice to see that JPL stepped up to address this problem. Perhaps they operate under different constraints than NASA itself.
-
#364
by
Apollo-phill
on 15 Aug, 2012 12:06
-
I'd forgotten - until reminded by a USA friend - that my name (along with 1,246,445 other worldwide names) is etched onto a microchip on board MSL Curiosity now parked inside Gale crater.
I submitted my name to NASA on 25 March 2009 and was accepted.
Here is my Certificate (in B&W - original in colour)
Phill Parker
UK
-
#365
by
ScientificMethod
on 15 Aug, 2012 16:31
-
Looking for my daily Curiosity fix, either on NASA TV, on audio, or multimedia. Is there a conference call today at 10am PDT?
It would be good if the JPL media folks gave a clear indication if they want to transition the tempo to say weekly now, so we know when to check in.
-
#366
by
pippin
on 15 Aug, 2012 16:52
-
Sorry if this is a duplicate, but did anybody post this?
http://www.360cities.net/image/curiosity-rover-martian-solar-day-2If you've got an iPad, this is a must. Works on a computer as well but then the real fun gets a bit lost.
Get into an office chair for the best effect. This is how I want all space coverage
And no, I'm not going to spoil the fun effect
-
#367
by
robertross
on 15 Aug, 2012 16:53
-
Looking for my daily Curiosity fix, either on NASA TV, on audio, or multimedia. Is there a conference call today at 10am PDT?
It would be good if the JPL media folks gave a clear indication if they want to transition the tempo to say weekly now, so we know when to check in.
Nothing posted except this (via Twitter):
MarsCuriosity Hey Redditors: Who's in for an #AMA with an #MSL engineer or 2...or 3...or more? Thur Aug 16 8am PT (1500 UT) @Reddit 16 hours ago
-
#368
by
robertross
on 15 Aug, 2012 16:54
-
-
#369
by
aero
on 15 Aug, 2012 17:06
-
Very nice!
-
#370
by
ceepdublu
on 15 Aug, 2012 18:37
-
-
#371
by
WulfTheSaxon
on 15 Aug, 2012 23:12
-
Oh, and by the way...
The images are up :
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/raw/?s=3
So good news everyone!
They're great. Too bad you can't slide-show view them. Have to return to the thumbnails every time to get the next one.
Do what I do – middle-click all the links, then Ctrl+Tab through them.
-
#372
by
neilh
on 16 Aug, 2012 07:42
-
I haven't seen this mentioned here yet, but several Curiosity engineers and scientists are doing a reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything) starting at 11am EDT Thursday:
http://www.reddit.com/r/space/comments/y9n5v/curiosity_engineers_to_do_an_ama_on_thursday_816/[–]CuriosityMarsRover 29 points 7 hours ago
We're looking forward to tomorrow's AMA and wanted to give you a heads up on who will participate. We're a group of engineers from landing night, plus team members (scientists and engineers) working on surface operations. We also wanted to point you to the mission press kit in case you want to read up. It's at http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/press_kits/MSLLanding.pdf .
Here's the list of participants so far: Bobak Ferdowsi aka “Mohawk Guy” - Flight Director
Steve Collins aka “Hippy NASA Guy” - Cruise Attitude Control/System engineer
Aaron Stehura - EDL Systems Engineer
Jonny Grinblat aka “Pre-celebration Guy” - Avionics System Engineer
Brian Schratz - EDL telecommunications lead
Keri Bean - Mastcam uplink lead/environmental science theme group lead
Rob Zimmerman - Power/Pyro Systems Engineer
Steve Sell - Deputy Operations Lead for EDL
Scott McCloskey - Turret Rover Planner
@MarsCuriosity Twitter Team
-
#373
by
Bogeyman
on 16 Aug, 2012 10:56
-
What is an AMA?
-
#374
by
racshot65
on 16 Aug, 2012 13:08
-
What is an AMA?
It stands for "Ask Me Anything"
-
#375
by
JebbPA
on 16 Aug, 2012 13:13
-
-
#376
by
Bogeyman
on 16 Aug, 2012 14:13
-
Parts of the MSL top deck?
-
#377
by
jabe
on 16 Aug, 2012 14:21
-
lens cover?
jb
-
#378
by
neilh
on 16 Aug, 2012 15:32
-
I haven't seen this mentioned here yet, but several Curiosity engineers and scientists are doing a reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything) starting at 11am EDT Thursday:
http://www.reddit.com/r/space/comments/y9n5v/curiosity_engineers_to_do_an_ama_on_thursday_816/
[–]CuriosityMarsRover 29 points 7 hours ago
We're looking forward to tomorrow's AMA and wanted to give you a heads up on who will participate. We're a group of engineers from landing night, plus team members (scientists and engineers) working on surface operations. We also wanted to point you to the mission press kit in case you want to read up. It's at http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/press_kits/MSLLanding.pdf .
Here's the list of participants so far: Bobak Ferdowsi aka “Mohawk Guy” - Flight Director
Steve Collins aka “Hippy NASA Guy” - Cruise Attitude Control/System engineer
Aaron Stehura - EDL Systems Engineer
Jonny Grinblat aka “Pre-celebration Guy” - Avionics System Engineer
Brian Schratz - EDL telecommunications lead
Keri Bean - Mastcam uplink lead/environmental science theme group lead
Rob Zimmerman - Power/Pyro Systems Engineer
Steve Sell - Deputy Operations Lead for EDL
Scott McCloskey - Turret Rover Planner
@MarsCuriosity Twitter Team
AMA started:
http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/ybmmh/we_are_engineers_and_scientists_on_the_mars/This one in particular is quite a good set of questions, and I'm particularly hopefulhttp://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/ybmmh/we_are_engineers_and_scientists_on_the_mars/c5u2pec the team answers the lens calibration question:
-
#379
by
ArbitraryConstant
on 16 Aug, 2012 16:08
-
These are higher quality questions than at the pressers I've seen.
