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The Curiosity On Mars Thread.

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    #1292
    Mountainsandh
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    Cheers ! :)


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    #1293
    _Tombstone_
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    PIA19912_fig1.jpg

    http://gizmodo.com/stunning-photo-shows-where-the-curiosity-rover-is-heade-1734703159


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    #1294
    shedweller
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    Now thats a postcard picture!


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    #1295
    JupiterKid
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    _Tombstone_ wrote: »
    PIA19912_fig1.jpg

    http://gizmodo.com/stunning-photo-shows-where-the-curiosity-rover-is-heade-1734703159

    Truly astounding photo. Mars looks like a place, not a distant planet.*





    * although I do notice that Martian sky is given a distinctly Earth like tint.


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    #1296
    shedweller
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    Quite a bit of metal fatigue showing on this wheel. Mid right, i think?
    1127ML0050220020501196E01_DXXX.jpg


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    #1297
    Thargor
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    Theres worse pics than that floating around.


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    #1298
    JupiterKid
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    shedweller wrote: »
    Quite a bit of metal fatigue showing on this wheel. Mid right, i think?
    1127ML0050220020501196E01_DXXX.jpg

    The wheels on Curiosity do seem to be problematic. Spirit and Opportunity didn't have these holes in their wheels. Hopefully the planned 2020 Mars rover which will be based on Curiosity will have improved wheels.


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    #1299
    shedweller
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    A bit of drilling done yesterday. Is that a chip of metal gone from behind the tungsten insert, at the top?
    1137MR0050930000601614E01_DXXX-br2.jpg
    And two holes!
    1137ML0050910010501303E01_DXXX-br2.jpg
    Some funky shtuff going on here eh?
    CR0_498516043PRC_F0500676CCAM06136L1-br2.jpg


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    #1300
    _Tombstone_
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    Take a virtual reality tour of Gale Crater, including geological features and areas that appear to have been carved by flowing water. Narrated by Fred Calef, a scientist at NASA


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    #1301
    _Tombstone_
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    Selfie with a Sand Dune a few days ago. It's first Dune. Her first Dune.

    NLB_506345709EDR_F0521162NCAM00320M_-br2.jpg


    A problem with the Arm at the minute.


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    #1302
    bogwalrus
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    sky news have a good article including a 12month in 2 minutes video of all footage of the rover on mars. http://news.sky.com/story/1632547/curiosity-rover-takes-new-selfie-from-mars


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    #1303
    Thargor
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    Has anyone ever seen any good full colour views from the rovers that would be worth framing or making a poster of?


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    #1304
    shedweller
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    I've seen a few on the planetary society website. They may be watermarked or something. Google search for large images. You could get lucky!


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    #1305
    limerickgirl16
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    How many days has it been there now? Seriously so awesome...


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    #1306
    _Tombstone_
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    limerickgirl16 wrote: »
    How many days has it been there now? Seriously so awesome...
    August 6, 2012, 05:17:57 (1272 days)


    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curiosity_(rover)


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    #1307
    _Tombstone_
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    Genie, it doesn't seem that long.....

    Where were you when curiosity landed?



















    :pac:


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    #1308
    nokia69
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    limerickgirl16 wrote: »
    How many days has it been there now? Seriously so awesome...

    Getting close to 1300 days, and looks like it should be good for a while yet

    And the next one should launch in 2020


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    #1309
    Maximus Alexander
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    Pftt, sure it's only a baby.

    Opportunity Rover Mission duration
    Planned: 90 sols (92.5 days)
    Current: 4272 sols (4389 days) since landing


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    #1310
    Capt'n Midnight
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    Maximus Alexander wrote: »
    Pftt, sure it's only a baby.

    Opportunity Rover Mission duration
    Planned: 90 sols (92.5 days)
    Current: 4272 sols (4389 days) since landing

    opportunity.png
    We all remember those famous first words spoken by an astronaut on the surface of Mars: "That's one small step fo- HOLY **** LOOK OUT IT'S GOT SOME KIND OF DRILL! Get back to the ... [unintelligible] ... [signal lost]"



    This is a real tearjerker https://xkcd.com/695/


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    #1311
    _Tombstone_
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    NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover at Namib Dune (360 Video)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ME_T4B1rxCg

    This view of the downwind face of "Namib Dune" on Mars covers 360 degrees, including a portion of Mount Sharp on the horizon. (Note: If you are using Safari, try a different browser. YouTube's 360 player so far does not support Safari). The site is part of the dark-sand "Bagnold Dunes" field along the northwestern flank of Mount Sharp. Images taken from orbit indicate that dunes in the Bagnold field move as much as about 3 feet (1 meter) per Earth year.

    The component images of this scene were taken on Dec. 18, 2015, by the Mast Camera (Mastcam) on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover during the 1,197th Martian day, or sol, of the rover's work on Mars.


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    #1312
    limerickgirl16
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    _Tombstone_ wrote: »
    NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover at Namib Dune (360 Video)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ME_T4B1rxCg

    Wow...


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    #1313
    _Tombstone_
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    nothing to see here:o:o


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    #1314
    Maximus Alexander
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    _Tombstone_ wrote: »
    So the Rover has met it's match and it's called a 32 degree Incline.

    Steep enough looking...

    Wrong rover for this thread but I'm still glad you posted it. :D


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    #1315
    _Tombstone_
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    Maximus Alexander wrote: »
    Wrong rover for this thread but I'm still glad you posted it. :D

    :eek::o, Oops!

    I just assumed, their's never much about the other fella unless ya look for it. I never even noticed it in bit I quoted either!

    I'll just leave this here!


    NSFW
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wg4trPZFUwc


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    #1316
    Capt'n Midnight
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    may need a detour to avoid some red streaks which might be water

    http://www.nature.com/news/mars-contamination-fear-could-divert-curiosity-rover-1.20544?WT.mc_id=FBK_NatureNews
    Although scientists might love to investigate the streaks at close range, strict international rules prohibit Curiosity from touching any part of Mars that could host liquid water, to prevent contamination. But as the rover begins climbing the mountain Aeolis Mons next month, it will probably pass within a few kilometres of a dark streak that grew and shifted between February and July 2012 in ways suggestive of flowing water.

    nature-curiosity-8-sept-2016-online.jpg


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    #1317
    irishgeo
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    how are they ever going to investigate the "water" if they cant go near it?


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    #1318
    Maximus Alexander
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    irishgeo wrote: »
    how are they ever going to investigate the "water" if they cant go near it?

    I think the issue is that the rovers are not sufficiently sterilized and that any mission sent to investigate the water up close would need to be more rigorously treated.

    The part that gets me is that Mars has an atmosphere which, however tenuous, is sufficient to kick up dust particles. Is it not already a concern that any contaminants on the the rovers could easily be blown into the water?


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    #1319
    shedweller
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    Maximus Alexander wrote: »
    I think the issue is that the rovers are not sufficiently sterilized and that any mission sent to investigate the water would need to be more rigorously treated.
    I assumed (i know i know!) they would have been properly sterilised before launch. There was a big hoohaa over it anyway. So maybe they should sterilise the next one properly so ALL the science can be done!


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    #1320
    mickmackey1
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    Anyway loads of meteorites from Earth have already landed on Mars and 'contaminated' it over the last billions of years.


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    #1321
    Capt'n Midnight
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    mickmackey1 wrote: »
    Anyway loads of meteorites from Earth have already landed on Mars and 'contaminated' it over the last billions of years.
    And visa versa. Anything that could stand the deep vacuum of space and freeze drying could possibly survive the journey.

    If we find microbes on Mars everyone's going to go nuts. "This proves everything"

    But if the first sign of life on Mars is a Water Bear walking through the view of a microscope then a lot of people are just going to go :rolleyes:


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