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On August 10 2012 20:55 Louis8k8 wrote:And this is in the crater? Jeez that's a huge crater, I don't see the ridge.
I am pretty sure that is from the rover Spirit. The Gale Crater is supposed to have a 5km high mountain jutting out in the middle of it, if I am not mistaken, though it has a diameter of 154 km, so it's pretty immense as is. The image is also dated 2011. I don't think any images from curiosity have surfaced but for the one.
edit* actually its labeled panoramas 2008-11 so sometime between 08 and 11.
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That pic is from Opportunity at the edge of Endeavour crater.
On a side note, if you DL Google Earth you can look around Mars. It has the rovers on their and draws the paths they've taken.
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Should have sent Gunrun and a twitch-rig up there so we could get a stream
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Again it has been proven that Mars is a pretty boring place full of rocks lying around doing nothing, paired with water you can't see most of the time, which does pretty much nothing, too. And perhaps we will find even more rocks!
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News Briefing starting in less than 15 minutes!
Stream!
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On August 11 2012 01:48 POiNTx wrote:News Briefing starting in less than 15 minutes! Stream!
Thanks!
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That's the hottest scientist I have seen in a while..
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Wonderful achievement! Truly amazing!
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"We [engineers] were very lucky the science store they [scientists] wanted to go to had a parking lot."
-Steve Sell
"I got recognized in a pizza parlor the other day. That's a little weird for me."
-Allen Chen
Q:
What is the expected average uptime of each of the processors on the rover? If it is safe to assume they will cycle off or restart/reset cyclically or are they expected to operate semi-constantly?
Are the processors expected to run at peak capacity most of the time? In my mind, it makes little sense to idle for any significant time, but I'd wonder if there are concerns about hardware lifespan or battery drain?
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On August 11 2012 03:12 Snorkels wrote:Show nested quote +
"We [engineers] were very lucky the science store they [scientists] wanted to go to had a parking lot."
-Steve Sell
Show nested quote +"I got recognized in a pizza parlor the other day. That's a little weird for me."
-Allen Chen Q: What is the expected average uptime of each of the processors on the rover? If it is safe to assume they will cycle off or restart/reset cyclically or are they expected to operate semi-constantly? Are the processors expected to run at peak capacity most of the time? In my mind, it makes little sense to idle for any significant time, but I'd wonder if there are concerns about hardware lifespan or battery drain?
They probably put some part of the electronics on idle during the night.
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On August 11 2012 03:12 Snorkels wrote:Show nested quote +
"We [engineers] were very lucky the science store they [scientists] wanted to go to had a parking lot."
-Steve Sell
Show nested quote +"I got recognized in a pizza parlor the other day. That's a little weird for me."
-Allen Chen Q: What is the expected average uptime of each of the processors on the rover? If it is safe to assume they will cycle off or restart/reset cyclically or are they expected to operate semi-constantly? Are the processors expected to run at peak capacity most of the time? In my mind, it makes little sense to idle for any significant time, but I'd wonder if there are concerns about hardware lifespan or battery drain?
The MSL will be operational for about 23 months, or ~1 mars year.
From what I gathered watching the conference they seem to be selective with what they are doing. I.e. not doing everything at once, so I suspect it won't be running at peak capacity all the time. (It sleeps during nights, mostly)
The RTG is limited.
Is this what you asked? Otherwise sorry  .
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These were the questions I would have posed at the press conference. I was curious more about how intensely the on-board computers are to be used. On August 11 2012 03:16 sirkyan wrote:From what I gathered watching the conference they seem to be selective with what they are doing. I.e. not doing everything at once, so I suspect it won't be running at peak capacity all the time. Exactly what inspired the question :D I'm sure there is a huge demand from every team to get computer time with the rover, I'm curious how greedy they can be without pushing the hardware passed tolerance. On August 11 2012 03:16 sirkyan wrote:The MSL will be operational for about 23 months, or ~1 mars year. ...
The RTG is limited. Hopefully longer
On August 11 2012 03:16 sirkyan wrote:(It sleeps during nights, mostly) On August 11 2012 03:14 keyStorm wrote:
They probably put some part of the electronics on idle during the night.
This is what I'm wondering because.. The power source will generate 9 MJ (2.5 kilowatt hours) per day, much more than the Mars Exploration Rovers' solar panels, which can generate about 2.1 MJ (0.6 kilowatt hours) per day. from wiki ..so I'm not sure how impactful the day/night cycle would be on operations. Probably they would rather cut driving time before processing time at night, but I don't know if the computers there have needs like downtime.
Also, I'm bad with hardware so I don't know if it's stupid to assume any idle/downtime would ever be necessary 
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On August 10 2012 16:06 Gofarman wrote:Show nested quote +On August 10 2012 15:47 a176 wrote:
id just like to point out that Opportunity it still running after 8 and a half years. Running and Operational are two different things. Opportunity gets a picture once and a while but is so extremely limited by power (dust settling on solar panels) that she is long done any breaking science. If I remember correctly Opportunity hasn't moved for over 2 years.None of that is to take away from the amazing feat of engineering and knowledge that JPL and NASA achieved with the twins though.
opportunity is very much alive and moving
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opportunity_rover#2012
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Oh my :O This is amazing, thanks for posting :D woooow mars :3
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Amazing raw photos. Those pictures where the rover's also in the frame, it makes me think that the image sensor they're using is quite big with the rover being that much out of focus at such a relatively close distance.
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