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djellison

Dec 18 2006, 04:40 PM

http://phoenix.lpl.arizona.edu/multimedia/...x_animation.php

All we need is the MSL one at this res - and I can scare people silly at every talk I give!

Doug

Toma B

Dec 18 2006, 05:07 PM

What is the purpose of that green laser?

Edit:
OK I have find out!
It's a part of meteorological Station (MET)

djellison

Dec 18 2006, 05:14 PM

http://phoenix.lpl.arizona.edu/technology/met.php

Basically LIDAR for measuring ice and dust loading at various altitudes. The Martian CFDS will have something to say about it I'm sure

Doug

PhilCo126

Dec 19 2006, 05:41 PM

Why does this vehicle remind me so much of Mars Polar Lander ?
Three legged, fragile scoop arm, square camera box-head ...

tuvas

Dec 19 2006, 05:47 PM

Phoenix is in alot of ways alot like MPL. Seeing the decent video made me understand exactly what it was that I found in the VL-2 picture, the backshell. It's the same sequence as the viking landers really, there isn't that much difference at all in the decent sequence (It does become different for the airbag rovers (And pathfinder) and skycrane MSL, but most other things are quite similar...

lyford

Dec 19 2006, 07:19 PM

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QUOTE(Toma B @ Dec 18 2006, 09:07 AM)

What is the purpose of that green laser?

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Is that a typo on the page "Meterorlogocal Station (MET)", or perhaps is this some Québécois spelling I am unfamiliar with? Or is it the MOAA (mother of all acronyms)?

RubberoidLifeform

Feb 2 2007, 05:21 AM

The link is dead. Was it moved?

djellison

Feb 2 2007, 08:05 AM

Yes - the Phoenix website has been totally redesigned.

It's here - http://phoenix.lpl.arizona.edu/videos.php

Doug

mchan

Feb 2 2007, 09:22 AM

Since the first post in this thread mentioned it, I still can't find the MSL EDL video in high def. Anybody have a link to this?

Pertinax

Feb 2 2007, 01:59 PM

http://phoenix.lpl.arizona.edu/video/phoenix_landing_hd.mov

nprev

Feb 3 2007, 12:50 AM

Recommend going to the root site for those of us with older computers and/or slow connections...highest-res version is 320 Mb

... there are smaller versions available.

mchan

Feb 3 2007, 04:18 AM

Thanks, I have that link. I was asking about a high-def version of the MSL EDL video which appeared on YouTube.

John Flushing

Jun 2 2007, 02:17 AM

QUOTE (mchan @ February 3rd, 2007, 12:18 AM)

Thanks, I have that link. I was asking about a high-def version of the MSL EDL video which appeared on YouTube.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=E37Ss9Tm36c

mchan

Jun 2 2007, 03:31 AM

That is the original MSL EDL video on youtube which had been there since late last year. The high-def version (and more) appeared on JPL's website just last week --

http://marsprogram.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/galler...LHi-RezFull.mov

(67.7 MB download)

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