Curiosity Mars Rover

DoomUK said:

It's a pity these photos aren't in colour.

Still, beautiful and exciting stuff.

It's main camera isn't ready yet, I think colour images are coming later in the week.

DoomUK said:

It's a pity these photos aren't in colour.

Still, beautiful and exciting stuff.

As said above me, the HD, full true-color images come later. Just to clarify, the images sent back so far are from the "Hazard Cams" on the front and back of the rover that image the ground to check for any obstacles and such during navigation. Needless to say, these don't need to be hugely hi-res or in color to work properly.

I think we will be seeing some much more spectacular shots in the coming months.

EDIT: As an aside, I am curious as to the actual composition of the landing site. From the images, it looks almost rock-solid, like dusty concrete. For some reason, I was expecting it to look a little more loose, like sand or gravel.

Steeveeo said:

EDIT: As an aside, I am curious as to the actual composition of the landing site. From the images, it looks almost rock-solid, like dusty concrete. For some reason, I was expecting it to look a little more loose, like sand or gravel.

Well the bottom of the crater itself would be solid, but maybe the dust storms aren't too frequent in that region?

I can't wait to see the actual colour of Mars.

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A couple to whet the appetite.

Some of those could make an interesting sky for Doom.

does it have an onboard 'lab' where it can take rock samples and give back meaningful data on the contents of the samples? Surely it's not just going to take pretty pictures?

@sodaholic: yes, get to it.

Hellbent said:

does it have an onboard 'lab' where it can take rock samples and give back meaningful data on the contents of the samples? Surely it's not just going to take pretty pictures?

@sodaholic: yes, get to it.

Yes, it does. Here you go: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curiosity_rover#Rover_instruments

i like the idea it can 'zap' rocks with a laser. I just have visions of it shooting down a cacodemon..not sure why :P

eargosedown said:

Yes, it does. Here you go: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curiosity_rover#Rover_instruments

Thanks. Sure doesn't move very fast (30 to 90 meters an hour). Btw, how do you say your alias? I have been wondering for like... years.

Quast said:

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A couple to whet the appetite.

Are those really from Curiosity? It looks more like Exploration to me.

Krispy said:

Are those really from Curiosity? It looks more like Exploration to me.

Those are from previous missions.

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/multimedia/pia16013.html

This a new, full-resolution, yet still B/W image taken a couple of hours ago by Curiosity's navigation cameras. This is why I love space stuff :)

Eris Falling said:

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/multimedia/pia16013.html

This a new, full-resolution, yet still B/W image taken a couple of hours ago by Curiosity's navigation cameras. This is why I love space stuff :)

Technology +1.

mysterious images taken by Curiosity

Hellbent said:

Thanks. Sure doesn't move very fast (30 to 90 meters an hour). Btw, how do you say your alias? I have been wondering for like... years.

Ear goose'd own.

I was like 5, AOL was new, don't judge me.

Oh wow, I thought it was like how a dog's ear goes down.

Yeah, me too. Seems like it would need another o on gose to be goosed.

Colour image, a section of a 360 degree panoramic

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/multimedia/pia16032.html

Krispy said:

Oh wow, I thought it was like how a dog's ear goes down.

Would make more sense, yes.

Hellbent said:

Yeah, me too. Seems like it would need another o on gose to be goosed.

Probably.

As I said, I was 5 when I made it up. I haven't used the handle since like '05.