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NASA's Mars Science Laboratory |OT| 2,000 Pounds of Science!

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Babalu.

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that white box in the 2nd picture is where they said they will drive the rover to...

but it will take from 1.5-2 years to get there :O
 
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Bisnic

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I don't know if this has been mentioned already, but i heard on the radio that Curiosity will play the will.i.am song "Reach for the stars".

So if this wakes up some evil sleeping martians and we get invaded, you know who to blame!
 
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Bisnic

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Smiles and Cries said:
why does it have speakers?
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It has speakers to play music that no one will hear, but they didn't bother to install a microphone. Sure there is probably nothing noteworthy to hear on Mars, but even hearing martian wind or Curiosity moving around and shooting lasers would have been nice.
 
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Manos: The Hans of Fate

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Bisnic said:
It has speakers to play music that no one will hear, but they didn't bother to install a microphone. Sure there is probably nothing noteworthy to hear on Mars, but even hearing martian wind or Curiosity moving around and shooting lasers would have been nice.
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That is kind of annoying apparently what they played was a message from the NASA administrator.

Shame it couldn't record any sound though. Has NASA ever recorded sounds from Mars?
 
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Bisnic

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Manos: The Hans of Fate said:
That is kind of annoying apparently what they played was a message from the NASA administrator.

Shame it couldn't record any sound though. Has NASA ever recorded sounds from Mars?
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They played a message from the NASA administrator? What kind of message?

"Hello Martians, this is NASA from Earth. We've come in peace, don't worry about the laser, it's only for studying rocks, not to start a war! Also, here is some music from Earth, hope you like it! If you don't, please don't destroy the rover. Thanks. NASA out."
 
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Manos: The Hans of Fate

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Bisnic said:
They played a message from the NASA administrator? What kind of message?

"Hello Martians, this is NASA from Earth. We've come in peace, don't worry about the laser, it's only for studying rocks, not to start a war!"
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Not sure, it's mentioned on the NASA homepage. I'm not terribly nuts for him or his Dep Admin, but I guess I should keep it in check as its unfair to the rest of NASA.
 
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Manos: The Hans of Fate

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You're politicizing a thread that is about science and discovery. It's a low class comment that shows a lack of forethought, tact, and common decency. As the previous poster said, keep that shit out of here.
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No, it isn't at the least. It's pretty common knowledge that because of NASA cuts and policy changes Mars got pushed back. This isn't politicizing in the least. Obama was the person who made those changes. It's not reaching.

I was just leaving it with my original comment as a small aside, but maybe now I won't.

Mackenzie 92 said:
Really?

Seriously dude, let's just keep this thread free of politics and Obama bashing as much as we can. Like I said you have a completely separate thread for that, that you made.
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Yeah, really.
 
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Mackenzie 92

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Manos: The Hans of Fate said:
No, it isn't at the least. It's pretty common knowledge that because of NASA cuts and policy changes Mars got pushed back. This isn't politicizing in the least. Obama was the person who made those changes. It's not reaching.

I was just leaving it with my original comment as a small aside, but maybe now I won't.



Yeah, really.
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Grow up.
 
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Manos: The Hans of Fate said:
No, it isn't at the least. It's pretty common knowledge that because of NASA cuts and policy changes Mars got pushed back. This isn't politicizing in the least. Obama was the person who made those changes. It's not reaching.
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So does the Ryan budget or the Republicans in Congress have plans for huge Nasa increases or is this pointless whining?
 
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Manos: The Hans of Fate

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speculawyer said:
So does the Ryan budget or the Republicans in Congress have plans for huge Nasa increases or is this pointless whining?
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When they somehow win the election then it has some relevance, but that's not happening and you know it. Also Republicans from Texas, Florida, Alabama, Ohio, Virgina, and CA tend to care about NASA, look at the spending map on the NASA budget wiki page. Jeff Sessions has always been big on NASA.
 
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Anyone knows if there's any picture, or if Curiosity will take photos of mount Olympus? It must be something amazing to stare at..
 
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Bowdz

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aeroslash said:
Anyone knows if there's any picture, or if Curiosity will take photos of mount Olympus? It must be something amazing to stare at..
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No. Curiosity will most likely not leave Gale crater during its lifetime and Olympus Mons is close to half a planet away.
 
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Error

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I'd love to see some HD videos of Curiosity just moving around on Mars, are we ever going to get one of those?
 
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Leeroy3101

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It's awesome how this place looks much like the many arid areas on earth. The wind erosion patterns are almost identical, too.

How long till we stumble upon a temple built into this mountain?
 
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PantherLotus

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Hey guys, I'm pretty sure speakers can be used as microphones in case Marvin walks up to it or something. Seriously not something to freak out about.
 
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Manos: The Hans of Fate

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Mackenzie 92 said:
Yeah I forced you to do it. I just saw the comment today and decided to say something so you wouldn't continue. And I really don't think a comment you made last night is considered ancient history and off limits. You've been shitting up the thread prior to that anyway.
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You are the one who keeps bringing up an aside comment, considering the thread is about the MSL, funding related to it is valid. If anything you are ensuring I continue.

By shitting up the thread you mean providing updates on the news conference time or the recording?

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Hey guys, I'm pretty sure speakers can be used as microphones in case Marvin walks up to it or something. Seriously not something to freak out about.
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Are they going to do any sound recording? Heck has that been done before? I'd love to hear the sounds of Mars, if it's even possible.
 
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Error said:
I'd love to see some HD videos of Curiosity just moving around on Mars, are we ever going to get one of those?
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Over time we should get videos composed from the frames just like the descent one, and, since they set the highest transfer rate to date, the science team will be taking pictures much more frequently then they did with the previous rovers.

So we should get videos something like this one, but much more fluid and in HD:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI9xQC-3hu0

Also, Interpolated Descent video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJgeoHBQpFQ
 
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FyreWulff

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RankoSD said:
Over time we should get videos composed from the frames just like the descent one, and, since they set the highest transfer rate to date, the science team will be taking pictures much more frequently then they did with the previous rovers.

So we should get videos something like this one, but much more fluid and in HD:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI9xQC-3hu0

Also, Interpolated Descent video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJgeoHBQpFQ
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Is there spots in that video where they dug a trench with the wheels then used the tool on it? Neat
 
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Mackenzie 92

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Manos: The Hans of Fate said:
You are the one who keeps bringing up an aside comment, considering the thread is about the MSL, funding related to it is valid. If anything you are ensuring I continue.

By shitting up the thread you mean providing updates on the news conference time or the recording?
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Keeps bringing it up, what the fuck are you talking about? I had actually let it go, but you want to try and deflect your bullshit on to me, so I got brought back into it.

If you want to talk funding, fine, do it. I only asked that you keep your bullshit political comments and opinions to yourself and out of this fucking thread. Is that clear enough for you? Are you understanding now? Cause no wants wants to hear it or listen to it. We have other threads for that, one that you made yourself for fucks sake.
 
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Manos: The Hans of Fate

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Mackenzie 92 said:
Keeps bringing it up, what the fuck are you talking about? I had actually let it go, but you want to try and deflect your bullshit on to me, so I got brought back into it.
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Why do you keep bringing it up? You are the only one who seems obsessed with it and haven't let go of it. Do you just have to respond now? No, you didn't have to and we'd all be back to the subject at hand.

If you want to talk funding, fine, do it. I only asked that you keep your bullshit political comments and opinions to yourself and out of this fucking thread. Is that clear enough for you? Are you understanding now? Cause no wants wants to hear it or listen to it. We have other threads for that, one that you made yourself for fucks sake.
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I don't think anyone wants to hear you backseat modding about a two word aside on funding about the subject of the topic, especially when only you want to continue. Is that clear enough for you? Are we allowed to talk about the MSL now?

RankoSD said:
Over time we should get videos composed from the frames just like the descent one, and, since they set the highest transfer rate to date, the science team will be taking pictures much more frequently then they did with the previous rovers.

So we should get videos something like this one, but much more fluid and in HD:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI9xQC-3hu0

Also, Interpolated Descent video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJgeoHBQpFQ
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I love that Descent video it's really something else.
 
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SolidusDave

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PantherLotus said:
zomg

Curiosity Sends Back Incredible Hi-Res Views of Mt. Sharp
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The colors have been modified from the original image in order to help better discern landforms and differences in surface materials. Here, the images look more like what we’d see under natural Earthly lighting.
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I want natural Mars lighting! :D






oh and made me some 16:9 wallpapers from the panorama shot...

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Mackenzie 92

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Manos: The Hans of Fate said:
Why do you keep bringing it up? You are the only one who seems obsessed with it and haven't let go of it. Do you just have to respond now? No, you didn't have to and we'd all be back to the subject at hand.


I don't think anyone wants to hear you backseat modding about a two word aside on funding about the subject of the topic, especially when only you want to continue. Is that clear enough for you? Are we allowed to talk about the MSL now?
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I brought it up once, and then I let it go, you are the one who continues baiting me. But you're right, I'm done wasting my time with you.


SolidusDave said:
I want natural Mars lighting! :D

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That's what I wanted, are there any of these photos with natural lighting somewhere?
 
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WeAreStarStuff

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I love seeing photos of Mars. There is so much for us to discover just in our Solar System alone. Imagine a centurty from now. Man could be on Mars, and we could have live feeds from many of the planets and their moons. Europa, Titan, oh my.
 
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The Chemistry and Camera (ChemCam) instrument on NASA's Mars rover Curiosity used its laser to examine side-by-side points in a target patch of soil, leaving the marks apparent in this before-and-after comparison.

The two images were taken by ChemCam's Remote Micro-Imager from a distance of about 11.5 feet (3.5 meters). The diameter of the circular field of view is about 3.1 inches (7.9 centimeters).

Researchers used ChemCam to study this soil target, named "Beechey," during the 19th Martian day, or sol, of Curiosity's mission (Aug. 25, 2012). The observation mode, called a five-by-one raster, is a way to investigate chemical variability at short scale on rock or soil targets. For the Beechey study, each point received 50 shots of the instrument's laser. The points on the target were studied in sequence left to right. Each shot delivers more than a million watts of power for about five one-billionths of a second. The energy from the laser excites atoms in the target into a glowing state, and the instrument records the spectra of the resulting glow to identify what chemical elements are present in the target.

The holes seen here have widths of about 0.08 inch to 0.16 inch (2 to 4 millimeters), much larger than the size of the laser spot (0.017 inch or 0.43 millimeter at this distance). This demonstrates the power of the laser to evacuate dust and small unconsolidated grains. A preliminary analysis of the spectra recorded during this raster study show that the first laser shots look alike for each of the five points, but then variability is seen from shot to shot in a given point and from point to point.

ChemCam was developed, built and tested by the U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory in partnership with scientists and engineers funded by France's national space agency, Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) and research agency, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS).

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, manages the Mars Science Laboratory Project, including Curiosity, for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington. JPL designed and built the rover.
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