Re: [Utah-astronomy] Orbiter Images NASA's Latest Additions to Martian Landscape
Litterbug! ------------------------------ On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 4:13 PM MDT Patrick Wiggins wrote:
MRO images showing MSL, its heat shield, parachute and sky crane on the surface:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/multimedia/PIA16001.html
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Looks like the skycrane made quite a splash.
Might have something to do with the 140 kg of hydrazine that was still on board when it dropped off the rover. patrick Sent from my iPad On Aug 7, 2012, at 17:28, Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> wrote:
Looks like the skycrane made quite a splash.
Ya think? LOL. I wonder if they plan to drive the rover over and inspect the wreckage. I'd also keep the rover upwind of the parachute. Wouldn't it be a kick in the teeth if the 'chute blew over the rover and got all tangled-up? On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 11:53 PM, Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com>wrote:
Might have something to do with the 140 kg of hydrazine that was still on board when it dropped off the rover.
Someone asked that question in yesterday's press update and the answer was no. No explanation given. That kind of surprised me. Now that they know where all the pieces are and they are so close it seems like they'd want to inspect at least the heat shield and parachute to see how they held up during entry. patrick On 08 Aug 2012, at 06:48, Chuck Hards wrote:
Ya think? LOL.
I wonder if they plan to drive the rover over and inspect the wreckage.
I'd also keep the rover upwind of the parachute. Wouldn't it be a kick in the teeth if the 'chute blew over the rover and got all tangled-up?
On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 11:53 PM, Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com>wrote:
Might have something to do with the 140 kg of hydrazine that was still on board when it dropped off the rover.
Possible experimental contamination issues, maybe? That's about all I can think of at the moment... On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 6:59 AM, Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com>wrote:
Someone asked that question in yesterday's press update and the answer was no. No explanation given.
That kind of surprised me. Now that they know where all the pieces are and they are so close it seems like they'd want to inspect at least the heat shield and parachute to see how they held up during entry.
I saw an article that said they would not go near the sky crane crash site because it still contained 300 pounds of hydrazine fuel and they don't want to risk contamination of any of the equipment. Rodger C. Fry -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Patrick Wiggins Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2012 7:00 AM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Orbiter Images NASA's Latest Additions to Martian Landscape Someone asked that question in yesterday's press update and the answer was no. No explanation given. That kind of surprised me. Now that they know where all the pieces are and they are so close it seems like they'd want to inspect at least the heat shield and parachute to see how they held up during entry. patrick On 08 Aug 2012, at 06:48, Chuck Hards wrote:
Ya think? LOL.
I wonder if they plan to drive the rover over and inspect the wreckage.
I'd also keep the rover upwind of the parachute. Wouldn't it be a kick in the teeth if the 'chute blew over the rover and got all tangled-up?
On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 11:53 PM, Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com>wrote:
Might have something to do with the 140 kg of hydrazine that was still on board when it dropped off the rover.
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There it is. Sometimes I get it right even this early in the morning! ;-) On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 7:35 AM, Rodger C. Fry <rcfry@comcast.net> wrote:
I saw an article that said they would not go near the sky crane crash site because it still contained 300 pounds of hydrazine fuel and they don't want to risk contamination of any of the equipment.
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