NASA Mars Landing Rover -- Spirit

[GregT]

I like anything that is designed to bounce for up to 10 minutes. Expecially if it lands right side up




(good job NASA!)

[Wetzel]

I've found a site that has text updates on the status of the MER.
http://spaceflightnow.com/mars/mera/statustextonly.html

Hey sanddrag, those wheels also make funny looking hats. (Or maybe its just me that looks funny, but what ya gonna do?)

By the way, that is a full size copy of the actual wheel that is now on Mars.


Wetzel
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We're baaaacck....

[sanddrag]

That's crazy, do you know how much those things cost each!?!? Like over $4000. Where was that pic taken?

Here's a nice pic of one

[sanddrag]

Images are reported to come in 10 mins!

[Wetzel]

Originally Posted by sanddrag

Images are reported to come in 10 mins!

They are in! A bunch of them are being shown on a screen being shown on the NASA tv feed.

I'll post when they get posted to a website somewhere.

They are right near a big rock, so they will be able to get right to work.
They also got some imagry from when it was decending. I wanna see that one more closely.

Screen shot of the images.


I attached the image, the image host is toast already.

Wetzel

[sanddrag]

I'm watching. It's absolutely incredible. It's on Fox News too. I took some screen captures fromt he webcast.

EDIT: Screen Captures don't work.

EDIT2: Pictures Are Here!
http://spaceflightnow.com/mars/mera/040104image1.html
http://spaceflightnow.com/mars/mera/040104image2.html
http://spaceflightnow.com/mars/mera/040104image3.html
http://spaceflightnow.com/mars/mera/040104image5.html

[Wetzel]

(edit)

Something goofy happened with the editpost screen. Sanddrag has uploaded the same images I have.

Wetzel

[sanddrag]

Aww heck, there's too many people viewing. Here they are attatched.

[sanddrag]

In that circular looking picture (on the left of my attatchments), I don't really get how that picture was taken. Could someone explain?

[Wetzel]

Originally Posted by sanddrag

In that circular looking picture (on the left of my attatchments), I don't really get how that picture was taken. Could someone explain?

It is a panorama picture taken from the mast cam.

The camera went in circles, stoping every so often to take a picture(looks about 10 pictures time), then it was stiched together here on Earth.

Just like the attached image.

Wetzel

[sanddrag]

Originally Posted by Wetzel

It is a panorama picture taken from the mast cam.

The camera went in circles, stoping every so often to take a picture(looks about 10 pictures time), then it was stiched together here on Earth.

Just like the attached image.

Wetzel

Danget, we both keep posting the same things. I edited mine above before you edited yours.

[Wetzel]

Originally Posted by sanddrag

Danget, we both keep posting the same things. I edited mine above before you edited yours.

Yup. We both are getting things from here.
http://spaceflightnow.com/mars/mera/statustextonly.html

I'll pull images as they show up, because they are slashdotted pretty fast.

Current status of the rover is 24 megabits data recieved, two way link has worked using Odessy as a relay (first satellite commuications network around another planet!), the rover is only at a 2 degree tilt, and all systems show green(another first). Currently in a power saving state, it is ready to go tomorrow morning.

Tomorrow they plan to deploy the high gain attenna.


Wetzel