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Thread: New Mars Cameras
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01-30-2020, 10:38 AM #251
Fascinating... looks kind of like corral. Is that from water or just wind blown erosion? Or both?
Screw the net, Surf the backcountry!
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01-30-2020, 12:14 PM #252
Neat!!!
Originally Posted by blurred
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01-31-2020, 12:15 AM #253glocal
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Have you solved the biggest mystery about Mars?
Why is it so red? Iron oxide?
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01-31-2020, 12:18 AM #254
That is really fucking interesting. Definitely water. 50mm? That's really close for a fucking droid. Nice portrait. Holy shit, I'm still digesting this. Awesome. FKNA.
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01-31-2020, 11:34 AM #255
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01-31-2020, 11:58 AM #256
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07-27-2020, 03:01 PM #257
Here we go again....Thursday 7/30 at 450am pacific is first opportunity for launching the next rover. No trip to FL for me this time.
Rover is a lot like MSL, better wheels, bigger arm, and has a different sample system. Also the helicopter experiment looks cool. Same Rube Goldberg EDL design.
Some changes in the science payload. Our company built more cameras than MSL, but we are operating fewer on the surface. 2 cameras on the mast (now with zoom), for ASU, joint surface operation with ASU and MSSS. Built 2 of the cameras on the arm for JPL, one we operate. I camera for EDL for JPL, JPL operates. I'm involved with the arm camera that is like the MSL MAHLI.
NASA info about launch and link to watch it live:
https://www.nasa.gov/social/countdowntomars
I found this video touching, I typically don't use the public outreach names for the rovers...but I agree they picked a good one for m20:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qA9iaAUo8k
Fingers crossed for a successful launch!
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07-27-2020, 04:02 PM #258
helicopters on mars...heliskiing Olympus Mons coming soon (after the CO2 snowmaking system goes in)
Hoping for a successful launch!Originally Posted by blurred
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07-29-2020, 08:54 PM #259Originally Posted by blurred
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07-29-2020, 09:52 PM #260
So, Mars is basically Nevada?
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07-30-2020, 01:24 PM #261www.dpsskis.com
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formerly an ambassador for a few others, but the ski industry is... interesting.
Fukt: a very small amount of snow.
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07-30-2020, 01:51 PM #262
Successful launch
Originally Posted by blurred
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07-31-2020, 08:54 AM #263
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11-02-2020, 09:57 AM #264Registered User
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a pesar de parecer una simulacion el vídeo ese, me gusta
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12-09-2020, 01:25 PM #265
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12-10-2020, 08:52 AM #266
Another great shot. Such an interesting landscape for being so barren.
Aim for the chopping block. If you aim for the wood, you will have nothing. Aim past the wood, aim through the wood.
http://tim-kirchoff.pixels.com/
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12-15-2020, 02:24 AM #267
Fantastic! Looking forward to what the next rover can do.
Question, 406: Do you use photogrammetry to combine the imagery? If so, for what use? VR, volume measurements, simulations? Curious...
The floggings will continue until morale improves.
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12-15-2020, 11:06 AM #268
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12-15-2020, 12:10 PM #269
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02-02-2021, 04:24 PM #270
Starting to seem more real that m20 ( Perseverance) will be landing soon. Final scramble to get stuff done, also had the Mars time/fatigue training today. Not looking forward to being on Mars time again. Last time, was living in a rental apartment in Pasadena commuting to JPL and single. Married with 3 kids and working from home this time around. Should be interesting. On the plus side, just have the camera on the arm this time around...so hopefully less to worry about.
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02-02-2021, 05:23 PM #271
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02-03-2021, 12:46 PM #272
Looking forward to it 406, keep us posted with the vibes!
And funny thing regarding my previous questions about the photogrammetry and whatnot, Scott Manley has a small bit on that in his youtube channel on 9:00mins onwards:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wveG...el=ScottManley
Havent had the time to check out properly the NASA site how things have been done (the website in the video), but looks really interesting.
Imagine that in VR?
The floggings will continue until morale improves.
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02-03-2021, 06:00 PM #273
I had to google it. Never occurred to me.
https://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/re...e-marssol.html
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02-09-2021, 09:30 AM #274
JPL has a nice EDL animation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzmd7RouGrM
What could possible go wrong? :-)
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02-09-2021, 04:39 PM #275
New Mars Cameras
History has said these things always work out, so I’m not worried.
Real question though, and I know it’s not your area of expertise necessarily, but why are these landings always so complicated? I’m sure they’ve figured out that it’s safer this way, it to me, that many things having to happen perfectly or it fails seems like a recipe for disaster.
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