Buddhas Hand Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 project morpheus moonlander fails during test this highlights what an achievement it was to land curiousity on mars , so many things could have gone wrong . they will have built another on of these in about three months for further testing . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpshooter Posted August 13, 2012 Author Share Posted August 13, 2012 President Obama Calls NASA To Congratulate Mars Curiosity Team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobble Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 You know what would mean more to NASA than a phone call? How about increasing their budget. But honestly, still a nice gesture! Getting that 1-tonne nuclear rover onto Mars was a great success. Hopefully it is able to turn up something the other rovers couldn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpshooter Posted August 13, 2012 Author Share Posted August 13, 2012 You know what would mean more to NASA than a phone call? How about increasing their budget. But honestly, still a nice gesture! Getting that 1-tonne nuclear rover onto Mars was a great success. Hopefully it is able to turn up something the other rovers couldn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik Karlsson Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 It's probably not even on Mars, the pictures look like it's on some desert in earth that's been edited. I even saw a pic that looked like it has a dirt road far in the background. NASA never a straight answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpshooter Posted August 13, 2012 Author Share Posted August 13, 2012 It's probably not even on Mars, the pictures look like it's on some desert in earth that's been edited. I even saw a pic that looked like it has a dirt road far in the background. NASA never a straight answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g_bassi13 Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 It's probably not even on Mars, the pictures look like it's on some desert in earth that's been edited. I even saw a pic that looked like it has a dirt road far in the background. NASA never a straight answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totes McGoats Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 It's probably not even on Mars, the pictures look like it's on some desert in earth that's been edited. I even saw a pic that looked like it has a dirt road far in the background. NASA never a straight answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefan Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 It's probably not even on Mars, the pictures look like it's on some desert in earth that's been edited. I even saw a pic that looked like it has a dirt road far in the background. NASA never a straight answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buddhas Hand Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 You know what would mean more to NASA than a phone call? How about increasing their budget. But honestly, still a nice gesture! Getting that 1-tonne nuclear rover onto Mars was a great success. Hopefully it is able to turn up something the other rovers couldn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buddhas Hand Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 NASA's Mars Curiosity software upgrade nearly complete Update for rover's main computer done, backup computer halfway done Sharon Gaudin (Computerworld (US))14 August, 2012 10:13 NASA's Mars Curiosity rover is three-quarters of the way through a major software upgrade NASA has dubbed a "brain transplant." The four-day software upgrade started on Saturday and, if all goes as planned, should wrap up by Tuesday afternoon. And so far all has gone exactly as planned, said Guy Webster, a spokesman for NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). There are two computers onboard Curiosity, which has been on the surface of Mars for just a little more than a full week. The main computer was upgraded over the weekend and now the backup computer is halfway through its own upgrade. [ Get served with the latest developments on data centres and servers in Computerworld's Storage newsletter ] The software upgrade, dubbed R10, is focused on running the rover's surface mission. It was uploaded to the rover during its 350-million-mile trek to Mars but it sat waiting to be activated. Instead, software focused on getting the spacecraft through the Martian atmosphere and safely landed inside the Gale Crater ran operations. Now that the rover is on the ground and ready to begins its surface mission, it was time to transition to the new software. "The surface mission is quite complicated and needs a lot of smarts," Ben Cichy, a senior software and systems engineer at JPL, said late last week. "Curiosity was born to drive. We're giving her the capability to get out and stretch her wheels on the surface of Mars." The surface software holds advanced controls to drive Curiosity, as well as to operate its 7-foot robotic arm, its ability to scoop up soil samples and its ability to spot hazards in its path. Curiosity is tasked with a two-year mission designed to gather evidence that Mars is, or has been, capable of supporting life, probably in microbial form. The SUV-sized, nuclear-powered robotic rover is equipped with 10 scientific instruments. Curiosity has the most advanced payload of scientific gear ever used on the surface of Mars, including chemistry instruments, environmental sensors and radiation monitors. The payload is more than 10 times as large as those of earlier Mars rovers. Curiosity isn't working alone on Mars. Along with a few Mars orbiters, NASA also has one other working rover on the Red Planet. NASA's Spirit and Opportunity rovers have been two of the agency's most successful robotic projects. While Spirit was given up for dead last year, both rovers worked on the Martian surface for more than six years -- far longer than the three months that NASA initially expected them to last. However, the rover Opportunity continues its work. It has been upgraded with artificial intelligence software to enable the robot to make some of its own decisions about what rocks or geological formations it should stop and analyze. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobble Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 Hopefully the new software update comes with Instagram. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanj Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 Yes yes, and the moon landing never happened. George Bush orchestrated the 9/11 Attacks in order to get oil money, and Tupac and Biggy are actually the owners of a 7/11 in Jamaica. right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpshooter Posted August 14, 2012 Author Share Posted August 14, 2012 Curiosity rover: Martian solar day 2 : Mars 'Street-View' Click here for a 360 degree view of Mars: http://www.360cities...ian-solar-day-2 Now this is the coolest pic yet. Simply amazing. Curiosity rover: Martian solar day 2 in New Mexico Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift-4 Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 Curiosity rover: Martian solar day 2 : Mars 'Street-View' Click here for a 360 degree view of Mars: http://www.360cities...ian-solar-day-2 Now this is the coolest pic yet. Simply amazing. Now if I could only figure out how to embed it here. Mods? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpshooter Posted August 14, 2012 Author Share Posted August 14, 2012 Curiosity rover: Martian solar day 2 : Mars 'Street-View' Click here for a 360 degree view of Mars: http://www.360cities...ian-solar-day-2 Now this is the coolest pic yet. Simply amazing. Curiosity rover: Martian solar day 2 in New Mexico Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buddhas Hand Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 Curiosity rover: Martian solar day 2 : Mars 'Street-View' Click here for a 360 degree view of Mars: http://www.360cities...ian-solar-day-2 Now this is the coolest pic yet. Simply amazing. Curiosity rover: Martian solar day 2 in New Mexico Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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