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Ray, the wheels fold out to normal position, when suspended from the sky crane, prior to touch down.
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Some of that damage looks more like brittle breakage rather than abrasive wear. - maybe the landing impact was heavier than calculated and we are now seeing metal fatigue. We will have to wait for the next JPL Ustream media report explanation - I'll post it.
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I think its a case of "Houston - we have a problem" http://www.nasa.gov/jpl/msl/traverse-map-20140219/#.UwpJkfl_uSo
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I don't think NASA expected this amount of wear and tear just yet, this doesn't bode well fora lengthy mission scrambling around the foot hills of Mt Sharp.
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Is it possible to modify the ISS as a Mars vehicle. Add propulsion modukes, Mars lander module and a improved dedicated safe area from radiation etc.
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Latest JPL media briefing on Mars activity. http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/43015386
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If we look back fifty odd years Sputnik 1 managed just 8km/s
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Yesterdays media tele-cast. If it doesn't start click the top right thumbnail . takes a few seconds to stream. http://www.ustream.tv/nasajpl
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On 20 January 2014, ESA?s comet-chasing Rosetta spacecraft is set to wake up from 957 days in deep-space hibernation to rendezvous with Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko where it will study the nucleus of the comet and its environment for nearly two years, and land a probe on its surface.
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Merry Christmas to all and...
gyro replied to timthelder's topic in Off Topic - Funny Videos - Interesting Concepts
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Well done China - but again a pity their resources not part of a international Lunar project.
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Ray, EH was a friend of Newton - he used his Gravity theory and the observed positions, as a function of time, to predict the orbit. Good luck with the maths mate :bah:
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I'm confused ..... SOHO is in a halo orbit at L1, so how do we convert a position/track of ISON from a SoHO image to the co-ords from Earth to answer Radars's question.
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Hopefully ISON isn't the comet of the century - there is still a long time to go :eartoear:
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The good news for UK members is that the weather is set fair and clear for dawn tomorrow (Sat 30th) - here's hoping there is something left to observe.