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Footage of Curiosity’s Descent onto Mars Interpolated to 25 Frames per Second
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| August 27, 2012
| Michael Zhang
Posted on 08/27/2012 5:30:44 PM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER
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To: SWAMPSNIPER
Now, this is what you see when you look up “cool” in the dictionary.
Thanks
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posted on
08/27/2012 7:48:13 PM PDT
by
JAKraig
(Surely my religion is at least as good as yours)
To: Darksheare
Absolutely the coolest thing I’ve seen all day. Domo!
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posted on
08/27/2012 8:19:46 PM PDT
by
Flotsam_Jetsome
(If not you, who? If not now, when?)
To: NCC-1701
To be honest, I'm not really
that interested in it all. I just provided a direct link.
If they find something of interest...well that depends on what they find.
Rocks? Seen 'em. Got 'em here on Earth.
Dirt? Seen it. Got it here on Earth.
Water or ice...hey...
now you've got my interest.
Little green men? Okay, okay...I know when I've gone too far.
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posted on
08/27/2012 9:21:58 PM PDT
by
philman_36
(Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
I had been trying to follow the original thumbnail video down to the landing site, but found it impossible. With the hi-res version I could do it, and of course it is that much easier with this "massaged" version. Below is a frame of the video marked with the landing site and an excerpt of a HiRise image display at about the same scale, also marked. This image is oriented north-south. You can see the ridge line on the left of this image in earlier frames of the video, and from there you can track the landing site back to the beginning.
One comment: It looks like the entire landing site was scoured by the rockets, since numerous rocks seem to be uncovered. I guess the four scour marks are much deeper.
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posted on
08/27/2012 9:42:35 PM PDT
by
dr_lew
To: philman_36
Water or ice...hey...now you've got my interest. There is a lot of water ice on Mars, comprising large geological features near the poles.
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posted on
08/27/2012 9:50:03 PM PDT
by
dr_lew
To: dr_lew
There is a lot of water ice on Mars, comprising large geological features near the poles.Really?! On the surface? I've kept up to
some degree.
Found it! Ice on Mars
May 28, 2002: Using instruments on NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft, surprised scientists have found enormous quantities of buried treasure lying just under the surface of Mars -- enough water ice to fill Lake Michigan twice over. And that may be only the tip of the iceberg.
Meteorite Impacts Expose Ice on Mars
September 24, 2009: Meteorites recently striking Mars have exposed deposits of frozen water not far below the Martian surface.
If there are "large geological features" on the surface then that's news to me.
Got link? I'm interested now.
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posted on
08/27/2012 10:35:15 PM PDT
by
philman_36
(Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
To: philman_36
Cf. the Wikipedia articles
Planum Australe and
Planum Boreum. I've always thought the Mars guys are "water happy", so maybe this is all CO2, but I think I should defer to them on this matter.
You know though, when they dug that little trench and found "ice", I didn't believe that. Seemed like "dry ice" to me. I even sent in a skeptical remark, and amazingly I got a reply ... blah blah blah, but a reply.
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posted on
08/27/2012 10:59:52 PM PDT
by
dr_lew
To: dr_lew
I’ll just continue watching “from afar”, if you will, as I have been. If anything “exciting” gets found I’ll hear about it one way or another.
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posted on
08/27/2012 11:20:06 PM PDT
by
philman_36
(Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
To: philman_36
May the bluebird of happiness fly up your nose.
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posted on
08/27/2012 11:55:30 PM PDT
by
dr_lew
To: SWAMPSNIPER
At about 1:17 you can see the transition between the parachute and the skycrane as the view abruptly stops swinging, looking for all the worlds like an Apollo landing.
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posted on
08/28/2012 1:16:58 AM PDT
by
jmcenanly
("The more corrupt the state, the more laws." Tacitus, Publius Cornelius)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
Yeah, but where’s the flag? (Just kidding.) Thanks for posting.
To: Darksheare
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posted on
08/28/2012 7:56:57 AM PDT
by
stephenjohnbanker
(God, family, country, mom, apple pie, the girl next door and a Ford F250 to pull my boat.)
To: dr_lew
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posted on
08/28/2012 11:12:06 AM PDT
by
philman_36
(Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
To: Darksheare; brytlea; cripplecreek; decimon; bigheadfred; KoRn; Grammy; married21; steelyourfaith; ..
Thanks Darksheare. An ‘extra, extra’ ping to APoD members.
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posted on
08/28/2012 3:59:32 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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To: SWAMPSNIPER
it’s folks like you that make this site a great place...
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posted on
08/28/2012 4:10:53 PM PDT
by
brivette
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
08/28/2012 4:28:11 PM PDT
by
Darksheare
(Try my coffee, first one's free.....)
To: SunkenCiv
Thanx for the ping SunkenCiv!That was awesome !!!
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posted on
08/28/2012 4:29:54 PM PDT
by
steelyourfaith
(Expel the Occupy White House squatters !!!)
To: philman_36; dr_lew
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posted on
08/28/2012 4:50:24 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
Very cool. Wish I’d seen John Carter there!
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posted on
08/29/2012 7:54:49 AM PDT
by
brytlea
(An ounce of chocolate is worth a pound of cure)
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