MSL at Rocknest, First scoop samples - sols 57-101 |
MSL at Rocknest, First scoop samples - sols 57-101 |
Oct 3 2012, 12:30 AM
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Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 5172 Joined: 4-August 05 From: Pasadena, CA, USA, Earth Member No.: 454 |
Curiosity has put more than 400 meters on the odometer and tosol (sol 56) she bumped up to a sand drift that we now know (via Twitter) is named Rocknest and will be the site of the first sample grab. In last week's press briefing, John Grotzinger warned that we will be here for "what seems like a very long time," 2-3 weeks. They will have to run several samples through the SA-SPaH (Sample Acquisition, Processing and Handling subsystem, pronounced "Saw-spa") and in particular CHIMRA (Collection and Handling for In situ Martian Rock Analysis, pronounced "chimera") in order to "clean" it of any remaining Earthly contamination with good Mars dirt before they deliver the first sample to SAM or Chemin. So this seems like a good place to start a new thread.
As usual, discuss stuff that happened through sol 56 in the previous thread. -------------------- My website - My Patreon - @elakdawalla on Twitter - Please support unmannedspaceflight.com by donating here.
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Oct 7 2012, 01:43 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3516 Joined: 4-November 05 From: North Wales Member No.: 542 |
For referring to features in panoramas a few informal landmark names can be useful. We already have Rocky Point. Some of us probably have our own private names for things (or is it just me?). Here's one I'd like to share. For me there's only one possible name for the hill at the leftmost visible extremity of Mt Sharp. It's Dumgoyne: http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http...BA&dur=3713
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Oct 7 2012, 02:42 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 252 Joined: 5-May 05 From: Mississippi (USA) Member No.: 379 |
For referring to features in panoramas a few informal landmark names can be useful. We already have Rocky Point....... For me there's only one possible name for the hill at the leftmost visible extremity of Mt Sharp. It's Dumgoyne: ... Until, and unless, there is an official name that sounds good to me. If this is the overhead view of Dumgoyne it should remain in view in the N.E. for some time. I couldn't find a good 2D horizontal view of Dumgoyne so I just marked it on my crop of EdTruthan's anaglyph. |
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Oct 7 2012, 04:22 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3516 Joined: 4-November 05 From: North Wales Member No.: 542 |
I couldn't find a good 2D horizontal view of Dumgoyne so I just marked it on my crop of EdTruthan's anaglyph. That's the one. It shows up rather well on this crop from Stu: http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/index.p...st&id=28283 EDIT: Here's another view of the Scottish version showing the "crater rim" beyond: http://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/48/...38_bd117844.jpg And back to Mars: http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl-raw-images/ms...0000E1_DXXX.jpg |
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