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Curiosity rover: Martian solar day 2

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Re: Curiosity rover: Martian solar day 2

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Post by checker »

This image reminds me of starting in the morning: sun's up, there's plenty to do, let's get started.

On another note, I would love to hear the sound of whatever Martian breeze is blowing while Curiosity's wheels crunch over the gravel.

Re: Curiosity rover: Martian solar day 2

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Post by Gravityloss »

What's with the recent surge of upvotes and naïve comments about ad plastered pages that just take content from NASA?

Here the picture is really small and the ads block a large percentage of it.

edit: That said, NASA doesn't do a very good job with photos itself either: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/multimedia/gallery-ind...

edit2: Ah, nevermind, it was a flash problem! The content is certainly valuable!

Re: Curiosity rover: Martian solar day 2

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Post by nikic »

Synthetase wrote: post #5
OhArgh wrote: post #3

There is something hidden by a black square at the far end of the vehicle.

That's definitely the MMRTG or its nuclear battery. My guess would be the Department of Energy doesn't want too much about it floating around.

What are the reasons for hiding it?

Re: Curiosity rover: Martian solar day 2

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Post by ricardobeat »

checker wrote: post #12

This image reminds me of starting in the morning: sun's up, there's plenty to do, let's get started. On another note, I would love to hear the sound of whatever Martian breeze is blowing while Curiosity's wheels crunch over the gravel.

There is hardly anything to hear since the atmosphere is so thin.

Re: Curiosity rover: Martian solar day 2

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Post by ricardobeat »

biesnecker wrote: post #4

A high-res panorama of Mars, taken by a semi-autonomous robot that was landed via rocket sky crane, transmitted 14 light minutes across space, then transmitted on demand through a global information network to my computer. And people say the future isn't what it was made out to be.

But 3D HD 4k streaming in real-time!

Re: Curiosity rover: Martian solar day 2

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Post by ragmondo »

biesnecker wrote: post #8
ragmondo wrote: post #7

What does N,S,E and W mean ?

North, South, East, and West?

and what's your definition of those on another planet that doesn't have a magnetic pole ? Is the "North" the "top" of the rotation - which way is the top ?? (here's a link that shows what a compass would do on the surface of Mars : http://mgs-mager.gsfc.nasa.gov/publications/grl_28_connerney... )

Re: Curiosity rover: Martian solar day 2

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Post by ricardobeat »

Gravityloss wrote: post #14

What's with the recent surge of upvotes and naïve comments about ad plastered pages that just take content from NASA? Here the picture is really small and the ads block a large percentage of it. edit: That said, NASA doesn't do a very good job with photos itself either: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/multimedia/gallery-ind... edit2: Ah, nevermind, it was a flash problem! The content is certainly valuable!

These panoramas are "hand-made" from NASA's images, not just reposted content.

Re: Curiosity rover: Martian solar day 2

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Post by biesnecker »

ragmondo wrote: post #18
biesnecker wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

North, South, East, and West?

and what's your definition of those on another planet that doesn't have a magnetic pole ? Is the "North" the "top" of the rotation - which way is the top ?? (here's a link that shows what a compass would do on the surface of Mars : http://mgs-mager.gsfc.nasa.gov/publications/grl_28_connerney... )

The rotational pole, I would imagine. Just as the geographic poles are sometimes referenced on Earth.
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