The Curiosity On Mars Thread.

Chuck Stone

Free Nasa app for android if anyone's interested.

Mountainsandh

whooo thanks guys !

namloc1980

Live on sky news.

Turtwig

Can't wait until they have the entire of that video.

namloc1980

Heatshield falling away!

Mountainsandh

I take it "sols" are days ??? :o

Turtwig

Fair play. Leo's at this conference as well. Wonder if he has another question.

namloc1980

Mountainsandh wrote: »

I take it "sols" are days ??? :o

Yup Martian days.

Turtwig

Mountainsandh wrote: »

I take it "sols" are days ??? :o

Yep. Generally for Mars missions the teams will set their clocks to the Mars clock as a day on Mars is slightly longer than a day on Earth. After several days the difference adds up.

A 'Day' is actually a deceptively simple concept.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCyTNpcDTUM

Turtwig

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcGMDXy-Y1I

Mountainsandh

Jernal wrote: »

Yep. Generally for Mars missions the teams will set their clocks to the Mars clock as a day on Mars is slightly longer than a day on Earth. After several days the difference adds up.

A 'Day' is actually a deceptively simple concept.

oh dear, gonna have to save that for tomorrow... my utterly illogical brain is incapable of processing any of this right now.
it's a long stretch since this morning, bed calls.

refusetolose

cool stuff

Beeker

Jawgap wrote: »

Wonder what he would've made of today.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzQPoVjW7Gc

He would have loved it!

Beeker

Great shot taken by MRO from Mars orbit of the descent:)


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namloc1980

First colour image from surface of Mars by Curiosity. The dust cover is still on the camera lens so that's why it looks a bit hazy.

Jawgap

^^^ Gale Crater looks a lot like Brittas Bay on a winters day!

Mount Sharp - all three miles up of it......

Kersh

Super stuff

shedweller

I'm lovin all the pics and links lads! I'm on holiday with the kids so internet time is minimal.

Turtwig

Shamelessly stolen from YLYL.



(Wonder how they're going to pull off the same feat around Curiosity. )

refusetolose

news briefing at 6

nasa tv

thecommander

Skycrane landed 650 m from Curiosity
Backshell and parachute 615 m
Heatshield 1,200 m

shedweller

Jaysus that skycrane made quite a splash!

Jawgap

Look at all that stuff!! I've an idea.......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mR-gz9EFO8

shedweller

Jawgap wrote: »

Look at all that stuff!! I've an idea.......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mR-gz9EFO8

Jaysus, theyd think of anything! Wait, they just did.......:)

JJJJNR

speechless. ! :cool:

derra

refusetolose wrote: »

news briefing at 6

nasa tv

Just watched that @ http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/24540690

Bit confused from the first question at 45:55, the way she is answering his question and how it was finished off by Mike Watkins and other lady saying that it sounds intriguing.

Is it just that she is saying they saw something which they want to discuss before going public with it or am i just missing something simple in that couple of minutes

Mountainsandh

What are these black patches bottom right ?

Mountainsandh

thanks Derra, was having a hard time trying to find the news brief.

Mountainsandh

dammit I'm really intrigued too now, I skipped to the bit you said what with wanting to go to bed shortly, that'll have me thinking... :rolleyes:
Musn't miss tomorrow's newsbrief !

Skyknight

Derra,
From what I can make out, and this is just after my first pass, she was trying to answer the question posed to Sarah Milkovich, a member of the science team by Scot Gold of the LA Times, which was weather or not, it was true that one of the first hascam images had caught the Skycrane crash in the background. She said that the HASCAM's (and the rover) were facing in a direction perpendicular to the dust plume, in the direction of the (Skycrane)crash site. She said that team would need to mull it over.
Many thanks for the link, I missed most of the briefing and was waiting for a repeat.