1 00:00:08,120 --> 00:00:06,980 good afternoon or good evening and 2 00:00:10,640 --> 00:00:08,130 welcome to NASA's Jet Propulsion 3 00:00:12,169 --> 00:00:10,650 Laboratory in Pasadena California we're 4 00:00:14,980 --> 00:00:12,179 very excited to give you yet another 5 00:00:18,170 --> 00:00:14,990 report of the Mars Curiosity rover and 6 00:00:19,849 --> 00:00:18,180 its activities for saw one let me 7 00:00:21,890 --> 00:00:19,859 introduce the panel that will talk to 8 00:00:24,170 --> 00:00:21,900 you today we have first of all Jennifer 9 00:00:26,420 --> 00:00:24,180 Trosper she's a Mars Science Laboratory 10 00:00:30,230 --> 00:00:26,430 mission manager she's with the Jet 11 00:00:31,970 --> 00:00:30,240 Propulsion Laboratory Michael Mahlon the 12 00:00:34,069 --> 00:00:31,980 principal investigator for the Mars 13 00:00:38,720 --> 00:00:34,079 descent imager and he's with male and 14 00:00:40,940 --> 00:00:38,730 space science systems in San Diego enjoy 15 00:00:42,319 --> 00:00:40,950 crisp the deputy project scientist for 16 00:00:43,670 --> 00:00:42,329 the Mars Science Laboratory mission 17 00:00:45,470 --> 00:00:43,680 she's also with the Jet Propulsion 18 00:00:49,760 --> 00:00:45,480 Laboratory and we will begin with 19 00:00:52,549 --> 00:00:49,770 Jennifer good morning it's morning on 20 00:00:55,430 --> 00:00:52,559 Mars it's all one and it's about 8am 21 00:00:58,430 --> 00:00:55,440 local solar time and the rover is just 22 00:01:01,520 --> 00:00:58,440 getting ready to wake up for its first 23 00:01:03,110 --> 00:01:01,530 day on a new place and before I talk 24 00:01:04,549 --> 00:01:03,120 about what the rover's doing today I 25 00:01:06,649 --> 00:01:04,559 actually want to give you a little 26 00:01:08,890 --> 00:01:06,659 insight into what the team is doing 27 00:01:12,440 --> 00:01:08,900 because I am just a representative of 28 00:01:15,440 --> 00:01:12,450 lots and lots of incredibly talented 29 00:01:17,480 --> 00:01:15,450 people who are busy doing a variety of 30 00:01:20,240 --> 00:01:17,490 things there's a group of people who is 31 00:01:23,149 --> 00:01:20,250 currently they're building the sequences 32 00:01:25,490 --> 00:01:23,159 that we're going to send to the rover in 33 00:01:28,310 --> 00:01:25,500 about two hours to tell it to execute 34 00:01:30,530 --> 00:01:28,320 our pre-planned saw one activities so 35 00:01:32,030 --> 00:01:30,540 they're busily looking at the times and 36 00:01:34,399 --> 00:01:32,040 making sure that we're uplinking the 37 00:01:36,740 --> 00:01:34,409 data at the right time we also have a 38 00:01:39,350 --> 00:01:36,750 team of people who've been busy in the 39 00:01:42,200 --> 00:01:39,360 surface MSA where we all of our downlink 40 00:01:44,060 --> 00:01:42,210 data comes down and the last time we 41 00:01:46,219 --> 00:01:44,070 talked to you we had about five megabits 42 00:01:48,859 --> 00:01:46,229 of data on the ground now we have about 43 00:01:50,749 --> 00:01:48,869 40 mega bits of data on the ground so we 44 00:01:52,639 --> 00:01:50,759 have some extraordinary stuff to talk 45 00:01:56,120 --> 00:01:52,649 about today that we got down from the 46 00:01:57,889 --> 00:01:56,130 rover's this morning pacific time so 47 00:02:01,039 --> 00:01:57,899 there are lots of people working hard 48 00:02:05,480 --> 00:02:01,049 and i think what's what's extremely 49 00:02:08,449 --> 00:02:05,490 exciting is that the rover is in this 50 00:02:12,020 --> 00:02:08,459 new place and is going to teach us about 51 00:02:13,400 --> 00:02:12,030 this new landing site and even though 52 00:02:15,950 --> 00:02:13,410 it's cool 53 00:02:19,040 --> 00:02:15,960 and crisp and earth has already risen 54 00:02:21,380 --> 00:02:19,050 like a star in the sky there at Mars the 55 00:02:23,120 --> 00:02:21,390 Sun is starting to rise and about 9 45 56 00:02:26,900 --> 00:02:23,130 local solar the rover is going to wake 57 00:02:28,640 --> 00:02:26,910 up which is about 5 45 p.m. today when 58 00:02:30,800 --> 00:02:28,650 the rover wakes up we're going to do to 59 00:02:32,870 --> 00:02:30,810 kind of two critical things today we're 60 00:02:35,360 --> 00:02:32,880 going to check out the high-gain antenna 61 00:02:37,070 --> 00:02:35,370 and i'll talk to you about that a little 62 00:02:39,290 --> 00:02:37,080 bit and we're also going to do some 63 00:02:41,060 --> 00:02:39,300 instrument health checks now the reason 64 00:02:43,220 --> 00:02:41,070 we want to check out the high-gain 65 00:02:46,100 --> 00:02:43,230 antenna is because we want to make sure 66 00:02:48,890 --> 00:02:46,110 we have as many communication links as 67 00:02:51,260 --> 00:02:48,900 possible and I want to start with a 68 00:02:53,270 --> 00:02:51,270 video that shows the deployment of the 69 00:02:56,960 --> 00:02:53,280 HDA so can you go ahead and roll that 70 00:02:59,180 --> 00:02:56,970 video and then I'll talk to the model so 71 00:03:00,950 --> 00:02:59,190 here you see the rover actually you see 72 00:03:02,870 --> 00:03:00,960 that the remote sensing mass is deployed 73 00:03:04,310 --> 00:03:02,880 which is not the current state of the 74 00:03:06,830 --> 00:03:04,320 vehicle but here you'll see when the 75 00:03:09,140 --> 00:03:06,840 pyro fires there's a spring release 76 00:03:11,210 --> 00:03:09,150 mechanism that goes which happened 77 00:03:15,230 --> 00:03:11,220 yesterday on Saul zero and then the HDA 78 00:03:17,180 --> 00:03:15,240 deploys and moves and points towards 79 00:03:19,790 --> 00:03:17,190 Earth so that's what we're doing this 80 00:03:21,949 --> 00:03:19,800 morning the if you go into the next 81 00:03:24,680 --> 00:03:21,959 slide I want to talk a little bit about 82 00:03:27,170 --> 00:03:24,690 the communications links that we have so 83 00:03:29,360 --> 00:03:27,180 there you can see earth and you can see 84 00:03:32,240 --> 00:03:29,370 the rover there on Mars and it's kind of 85 00:03:33,620 --> 00:03:32,250 like like when my husband and I lived in 86 00:03:35,840 --> 00:03:33,630 the Mojave Desert we like to have 87 00:03:37,760 --> 00:03:35,850 different cell phone carriers on each of 88 00:03:39,620 --> 00:03:37,770 our phones just in case somebody didn't 89 00:03:42,680 --> 00:03:39,630 have a tower in the area so it's sort of 90 00:03:44,780 --> 00:03:42,690 like how we have curiosity on Mars where 91 00:03:46,220 --> 00:03:44,790 we have a relay if you look you can see 92 00:03:49,250 --> 00:03:46,230 that we relay through the Odyssey 93 00:03:51,440 --> 00:03:49,260 orbiter and last night saw 0 in the 94 00:03:53,390 --> 00:03:51,450 afternoon we relayed through the Odyssey 95 00:03:55,190 --> 00:03:53,400 orbiter and we've also received another 96 00:03:57,890 --> 00:03:55,200 relay through the Odyssey orbiter early 97 00:04:00,500 --> 00:03:57,900 this morning Mars time we did receive a 98 00:04:02,810 --> 00:04:00,510 relay through the MRO orbiter early this 99 00:04:04,910 --> 00:04:02,820 morning Mars time and what we're still 100 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:04,920 checking out is this direct to earth 101 00:04:10,190 --> 00:04:08,010 link on the rover that can be through 102 00:04:15,530 --> 00:04:10,200 one of two antennas so let me show you 103 00:04:17,870 --> 00:04:15,540 on the on the model we have a low gain 104 00:04:20,390 --> 00:04:17,880 antenna right here it's just a post and 105 00:04:23,150 --> 00:04:20,400 it's an omnidirectional antenna and as 106 00:04:25,219 --> 00:04:23,160 long as we have enough of a strong 107 00:04:27,020 --> 00:04:25,229 signal from the ground so we use the 70 108 00:04:28,970 --> 00:04:27,030 the 70 meter dishes with the 109 00:04:31,550 --> 00:04:28,980 strong transmitters we actually can up 110 00:04:33,890 --> 00:04:31,560 link to this antenna regardless of the 111 00:04:36,140 --> 00:04:33,900 orientation of the rover as long as 112 00:04:38,270 --> 00:04:36,150 Earth is above the horizon so this 113 00:04:40,790 --> 00:04:38,280 morning on saw one will send a command 114 00:04:42,320 --> 00:04:40,800 into the low gain antenna that command 115 00:04:45,260 --> 00:04:42,330 is going to start the activities for the 116 00:04:47,420 --> 00:04:45,270 day and one of the activities is going 117 00:04:50,870 --> 00:04:47,430 to be to deploy this high gain antenna 118 00:04:53,840 --> 00:04:50,880 and then as Earth Rises the high gain 119 00:04:56,360 --> 00:04:53,850 antenna based on our information about 120 00:04:58,640 --> 00:04:56,370 the clock angle of the rover which we 121 00:05:01,720 --> 00:04:58,650 believe to be about 112 degrees from 122 00:05:07,220 --> 00:05:01,730 north which is why i put the rover here 123 00:05:08,900 --> 00:05:07,230 if you assume that is north then this is 124 00:05:10,730 --> 00:05:08,910 this is about the orientation we think 125 00:05:13,220 --> 00:05:10,740 the rover is that the earth will rise 126 00:05:16,970 --> 00:05:13,230 the high gain antenna will track the 127 00:05:20,390 --> 00:05:16,980 earth from about 11 45 local solar today 128 00:05:22,190 --> 00:05:20,400 for about 75 minutes and if that all 129 00:05:24,380 --> 00:05:22,200 goes well then we will have established 130 00:05:27,350 --> 00:05:24,390 that we can send commands on our low 131 00:05:29,480 --> 00:05:27,360 gain antenna and that we can receive 132 00:05:30,860 --> 00:05:29,490 commands and also send data on our high 133 00:05:33,230 --> 00:05:30,870 gain antenna and so we will have 134 00:05:36,020 --> 00:05:33,240 confirmed that all of our communications 135 00:05:37,969 --> 00:05:36,030 links links work perfectly and that 136 00:05:40,070 --> 00:05:37,979 would be fantastic that's one of the 137 00:05:42,680 --> 00:05:40,080 main engineering objectives that we're 138 00:05:48,380 --> 00:05:42,690 trying out on the first few cells so if 139 00:05:50,480 --> 00:05:48,390 you go to the next slide um this is the 140 00:05:52,250 --> 00:05:50,490 front has cam image of Mount sharp and I 141 00:05:54,320 --> 00:05:52,260 believe joy is going to talk about this 142 00:05:57,170 --> 00:05:54,330 more so I'm not going to steal her 143 00:05:58,520 --> 00:05:57,180 thunder um but we'll talk about that a 144 00:06:03,170 --> 00:05:58,530 little bit more so go on to the next 145 00:06:05,180 --> 00:06:03,180 slide okay so I want to talk about the 146 00:06:08,029 --> 00:06:05,190 specific things today I talked will do 147 00:06:10,190 --> 00:06:08,039 the HDA deploy will track earth we're 148 00:06:12,620 --> 00:06:10,200 also going to exercise the red and the 149 00:06:15,620 --> 00:06:12,630 REMS instruments so as far as instrument 150 00:06:17,900 --> 00:06:15,630 health checks go we've we've used the 151 00:06:21,350 --> 00:06:17,910 Marty you saw the you'll see so Marty 152 00:06:23,090 --> 00:06:21,360 thumbnails we have also used the chemcam 153 00:06:26,779 --> 00:06:23,100 because we wanted to put it in its 154 00:06:29,450 --> 00:06:26,789 unsafe position on Sol 0 on saw one we 155 00:06:31,130 --> 00:06:29,460 will use the red and the rims and do 156 00:06:33,200 --> 00:06:31,140 their checkouts and then through the 157 00:06:37,490 --> 00:06:33,210 next few songs will we'll finish with 158 00:06:40,250 --> 00:06:37,500 the mastcam will also do the nav cam we 159 00:06:40,640 --> 00:06:40,260 will take an image of Molly and I want 160 00:06:43,580 --> 00:06:40,650 to talk 161 00:06:46,550 --> 00:06:43,590 the Selwyn Molly image today and then we 162 00:06:48,860 --> 00:06:46,560 will do Sam in a couple sauce so we'll 163 00:06:50,719 --> 00:06:48,870 talk about that but let's go to the next 164 00:06:52,969 --> 00:06:50,729 slide to talk about the Molly saw one 165 00:06:54,890 --> 00:06:52,979 image so another reason i put the rover 166 00:06:57,650 --> 00:06:54,900 in this configuration is because the 167 00:06:59,689 --> 00:06:57,660 robotic arm is still stowed but we are 168 00:07:02,150 --> 00:06:59,699 going to take an image with the Molly 169 00:07:04,640 --> 00:07:02,160 while the arm is stowed and what you see 170 00:07:07,249 --> 00:07:04,650 there is the field of view of the Molly 171 00:07:09,230 --> 00:07:07,259 while the arm is stowed and if you look 172 00:07:10,580 --> 00:07:09,240 at the orientation the clock angle of 173 00:07:13,370 --> 00:07:10,590 the rover at about a hundred and eleven 174 00:07:16,730 --> 00:07:13,380 hundred twelve degrees the molly is 175 00:07:19,279 --> 00:07:16,740 about 110 degrees facing this way so 176 00:07:21,800 --> 00:07:19,289 we're going to get an image almost 177 00:07:23,180 --> 00:07:21,810 directly north with a 15 degree field of 178 00:07:25,490 --> 00:07:23,190 view of the Molly image and we would 179 00:07:27,620 --> 00:07:25,500 expect that to come down in the saw 1pm 180 00:07:30,320 --> 00:07:27,630 pass this evening which will receive the 181 00:07:33,200 --> 00:07:30,330 data about midnight tonight so that's 182 00:07:37,250 --> 00:07:33,210 the exciting stuff for today if you go 183 00:07:39,409 --> 00:07:37,260 to the next image now you saw this this 184 00:07:42,740 --> 00:07:39,419 morning and we're gonna scroll down a 185 00:07:46,400 --> 00:07:42,750 little bit because we saw something else 186 00:07:49,129 --> 00:07:46,410 in this high-rise image later which we 187 00:07:52,310 --> 00:07:49,139 believe to be the heat shield which then 188 00:07:53,600 --> 00:07:52,320 leads me to introduce Mike Malin who's 189 00:07:55,390 --> 00:07:53,610 going to talk a little bit more about 190 00:07:59,960 --> 00:07:55,400 some other images of the heat shield 191 00:08:03,439 --> 00:07:59,970 Thank You Jennifer first of all I I feel 192 00:08:05,870 --> 00:08:03,449 sort of compelled to point out that this 193 00:08:08,149 --> 00:08:05,880 press conference is occurring 12 years 194 00:08:09,770 --> 00:08:08,159 and eight months after when I originally 195 00:08:12,469 --> 00:08:09,780 thought I'd be telling you about these 196 00:08:15,680 --> 00:08:12,479 types of images I had I had a camera 197 00:08:17,899 --> 00:08:15,690 that was going to do this then and this 198 00:08:21,529 --> 00:08:17,909 is the first time I have a chance to 199 00:08:24,500 --> 00:08:21,539 tell you about those images also 11 200 00:08:27,379 --> 00:08:24,510 years and eight months from today in the 201 00:08:30,439 --> 00:08:27,389 past ken agent and I were on this podium 202 00:08:32,540 --> 00:08:30,449 telling you about Gale Crater and why it 203 00:08:35,870 --> 00:08:32,550 would be a great place to go examine 204 00:08:40,010 --> 00:08:35,880 sedimentary rock on Mars so I'm very 205 00:08:42,529 --> 00:08:40,020 excited about being here with the here 206 00:08:45,590 --> 00:08:42,539 being unveil cuz you know I project 207 00:08:48,350 --> 00:08:45,600 myself out to the to the vehicle I think 208 00:08:49,819 --> 00:08:48,360 of myself as it's my surrogate but it's 209 00:08:52,790 --> 00:08:49,829 sort of like my student I've got to tell 210 00:08:54,290 --> 00:08:52,800 it what to do so I'm going to tell you a 211 00:08:58,040 --> 00:08:54,300 little bit about the Marty 212 00:09:00,170 --> 00:08:58,050 sent sequence you you may remember for 213 00:09:02,150 --> 00:09:00,180 those of you saw the briefing a couple 214 00:09:06,230 --> 00:09:02,160 days ago about the descent imaging 215 00:09:09,530 --> 00:09:06,240 system we take images for a very long 216 00:09:12,560 --> 00:09:09,540 period of time the edl took much shorter 217 00:09:16,040 --> 00:09:12,570 than had been the longest it could have 218 00:09:18,699 --> 00:09:16,050 taken it was only one hundred and well 219 00:09:21,230 --> 00:09:18,709 we took images for a hundred and 220 00:09:24,889 --> 00:09:21,240 fifty-eight seconds hundred fifty nine 221 00:09:27,220 --> 00:09:24,899 seconds and we take frames at about four 222 00:09:30,050 --> 00:09:27,230 frames a second so there are about 600 223 00:09:33,319 --> 00:09:30,060 660 images that we acquired while the 224 00:09:35,360 --> 00:09:33,329 vehicle was in the air and then we have 225 00:09:38,810 --> 00:09:35,370 a whole bunch of images that were taken 226 00:09:43,340 --> 00:09:38,820 after vehicle landed we were we sample 227 00:09:45,139 --> 00:09:43,350 those in a very widely separated time 228 00:09:47,540 --> 00:09:45,149 frame in order to to make sure we got 229 00:09:51,800 --> 00:09:47,550 everything so we got something like 12 230 00:09:54,440 --> 00:09:51,810 or 14 frames initially that were in the 231 00:09:56,990 --> 00:09:54,450 air and six frames thereafter then we 232 00:10:01,790 --> 00:09:57,000 started having the times and we ended up 233 00:10:06,350 --> 00:10:01,800 with about 220 ish frames that I'll show 234 00:10:09,380 --> 00:10:06,360 you in a in an animation later so the 235 00:10:13,400 --> 00:10:09,390 the sequence began with the camera 236 00:10:15,949 --> 00:10:13,410 turning on about six seconds before the 237 00:10:18,199 --> 00:10:15,959 heat shield jettison those images will 238 00:10:21,170 --> 00:10:18,209 be black but then we'll watch the heat 239 00:10:22,819 --> 00:10:21,180 shield fall away at four frames per 240 00:10:24,889 --> 00:10:22,829 second so we'll we'll see it in a very 241 00:10:26,630 --> 00:10:24,899 nice engine it's an engineering 242 00:10:28,730 --> 00:10:26,640 experiment just to watch it but the 243 00:10:31,250 --> 00:10:28,740 pictures are very pretty and so if I can 244 00:10:33,590 --> 00:10:31,260 have the first slide that's the heat 245 00:10:36,860 --> 00:10:33,600 shield looking as you look down at Mars 246 00:10:39,319 --> 00:10:36,870 and those are you see the big white 247 00:10:42,819 --> 00:10:39,329 patch is our calibration target which 248 00:10:46,250 --> 00:10:42,829 allows us to adjust the brightnesses 249 00:10:48,319 --> 00:10:46,260 it's a shame that we really can't 250 00:10:51,829 --> 00:10:48,329 reproduce the color for you really well 251 00:10:54,199 --> 00:10:51,839 right now but on these thumbnails there 252 00:10:57,040 --> 00:10:54,209 they're pretty highly compressed and 253 00:11:01,340 --> 00:10:57,050 they're very small the images are only a 254 00:11:03,319 --> 00:11:01,350 192 by 144 pixels across jpg compressed 255 00:11:06,110 --> 00:11:03,329 those of you are familiar with JPEG know 256 00:11:07,639 --> 00:11:06,120 you can really do pretty much damage to 257 00:11:09,920 --> 00:11:07,649 your pictures by doing two 258 00:11:11,749 --> 00:11:09,930 to kev aleikum press but we have a large 259 00:11:13,160 --> 00:11:11,759 we have a sequence of these images and 260 00:11:16,309 --> 00:11:13,170 you'll see those in the animation a 261 00:11:17,869 --> 00:11:16,319 little later but there you see the dune 262 00:11:19,309 --> 00:11:17,879 field and when the high-rent when the 263 00:11:21,799 --> 00:11:19,319 full resolution image comes back 264 00:11:24,410 --> 00:11:21,809 obviously up to the upper right corner 265 00:11:26,869 --> 00:11:24,420 of this image you will see the mound as 266 00:11:29,869 --> 00:11:26,879 you saw in the india in the has cam 267 00:11:31,749 --> 00:11:29,879 image so this image was taken about two 268 00:11:36,619 --> 00:11:31,759 minutes and 30 seconds from touchdown 269 00:11:39,139 --> 00:11:36,629 the the the heat shield was about 15 270 00:11:41,960 --> 00:11:39,149 meters away just a little over 50 feet 271 00:11:44,749 --> 00:11:41,970 and he killed about four and a half 272 00:11:46,220 --> 00:11:44,759 meters across to remind you so this is 273 00:11:48,109 --> 00:11:46,230 what it looked like as it was falling 274 00:11:50,660 --> 00:11:48,119 away and you can see that the highrise 275 00:11:52,309 --> 00:11:50,670 images certainly looks like this too so 276 00:11:55,850 --> 00:11:52,319 so clearly they capture the heat shield 277 00:11:57,769 --> 00:11:55,860 falling away the next single frame this 278 00:12:00,889 --> 00:11:57,779 is basically is sort of a mid altitude 279 00:12:03,559 --> 00:12:00,899 image and we don't have the exact height 280 00:12:05,629 --> 00:12:03,569 yet because we have yet to correlate our 281 00:12:08,900 --> 00:12:05,639 observations with the edl team's 282 00:12:11,749 --> 00:12:08,910 observations with the radar but as 283 00:12:14,900 --> 00:12:11,759 you'll see in the in the animation when 284 00:12:17,090 --> 00:12:14,910 I get to it we will see the vehicle sort 285 00:12:19,189 --> 00:12:17,100 of nodding up and down from the palace 286 00:12:23,689 --> 00:12:19,199 on the parachute and you'll see it makes 287 00:12:27,499 --> 00:12:23,699 some fairly major turns as it powers on 288 00:12:29,480 --> 00:12:27,509 the the main rocket main landing engines 289 00:12:31,249 --> 00:12:29,490 and this is just one we took sort of 290 00:12:33,439 --> 00:12:31,259 randomly in that sequence that showed 291 00:12:35,960 --> 00:12:33,449 craters shows the sand dunes so we're 292 00:12:38,619 --> 00:12:35,970 sort of in a position here of turning 293 00:12:41,509 --> 00:12:38,629 around and heading down for the landing 294 00:12:44,030 --> 00:12:41,519 this was taken about a minute 16 seconds 295 00:12:47,509 --> 00:12:44,040 into from descent from touchdown the 296 00:12:50,660 --> 00:12:47,519 next one is shows that we picked up some 297 00:12:52,819 --> 00:12:50,670 dust and when I'm narrating the 298 00:12:56,090 --> 00:12:52,829 animation and I'll use I'll try to 299 00:12:59,419 --> 00:12:56,100 reproduce the buzz aldrin comments from 300 00:13:01,100 --> 00:12:59,429 a lunar from Paul 11 but we picked up 301 00:13:03,590 --> 00:13:01,110 dust and this is the only one you're 302 00:13:05,359 --> 00:13:03,600 going to see really clearly so I so you 303 00:13:09,590 --> 00:13:05,369 can see this is the first image that 304 00:13:11,840 --> 00:13:09,600 showed us an image to taken the one half 305 00:13:14,179 --> 00:13:11,850 second earlier than this was not showing 306 00:13:15,679 --> 00:13:14,189 any dust movement and so the engines 307 00:13:20,500 --> 00:13:15,689 impinged on the surface at a very 308 00:13:23,500 --> 00:13:20,510 specific time this is about 20 meters 309 00:13:26,830 --> 00:13:23,510 above the surface probably and you can 310 00:13:29,620 --> 00:13:26,840 see it's it's it's elliptical it's not a 311 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:29,630 it's not circular that's because the 312 00:13:35,340 --> 00:13:31,010 shape of the engines where the image 313 00:13:37,870 --> 00:13:35,350 engines are around the vehicle gave it a 314 00:13:40,990 --> 00:13:37,880 wider dispersion in one direction than 315 00:13:42,850 --> 00:13:41,000 another the next slide I think is just 316 00:13:46,570 --> 00:13:42,860 going to be a pictures that we took on 317 00:13:49,530 --> 00:13:46,580 the surface the exposure time for our 318 00:13:54,190 --> 00:13:49,540 images was very short nine tenths a 319 00:13:58,120 --> 00:13:54,200 point nine milliseconds so that's nine 320 00:13:59,620 --> 00:13:58,130 one nine ten thousandths of a second we 321 00:14:01,120 --> 00:13:59,630 did that because we were afraid that the 322 00:14:03,220 --> 00:14:01,130 vehicle would be vibrating and 323 00:14:06,160 --> 00:14:03,230 oscillating we need to stop the action 324 00:14:08,530 --> 00:14:06,170 and when we got on the surface we were 325 00:14:12,370 --> 00:14:08,540 in shadow you can see a strip of light 326 00:14:14,140 --> 00:14:12,380 which is shining through some materials 327 00:14:16,210 --> 00:14:14,150 you know the vehicle has a certain shape 328 00:14:18,220 --> 00:14:16,220 light was shining through that shape 329 00:14:20,560 --> 00:14:18,230 illuminating the surface so we do see 330 00:14:21,790 --> 00:14:20,570 lots of rocks on the surface that we can 331 00:14:24,540 --> 00:14:21,800 correlate with things and I'll talk a 332 00:14:26,740 --> 00:14:24,550 little bit about the correlation 333 00:14:27,670 --> 00:14:26,750 actually I should do it now because i'm 334 00:14:30,010 --> 00:14:27,680 going to show the video i'll probably 335 00:14:31,810 --> 00:14:30,020 stop with the video we actually know 336 00:14:33,910 --> 00:14:31,820 where the vehicle landed by matching 337 00:14:36,550 --> 00:14:33,920 features that we saw in the descent 338 00:14:41,380 --> 00:14:36,560 images to the high-rise mosaics that we 339 00:14:47,290 --> 00:14:41,390 had so landed it minus 4.5 8 95 degrees 340 00:14:53,680 --> 00:14:47,300 as 4.58 95 south 137 point 4 for 17 East 341 00:14:56,320 --> 00:14:53,690 it's oriented at North 114 East so we 342 00:15:00,120 --> 00:14:56,330 able to do that by matching features 343 00:15:02,680 --> 00:15:00,130 that we saw in the in the hazard cam 344 00:15:04,690 --> 00:15:02,690 tascam images with the features that we 345 00:15:07,050 --> 00:15:04,700 were seeing and also knowing the laser 346 00:15:10,600 --> 00:15:07,060 altimeter from Mars Global Surveyor 347 00:15:12,670 --> 00:15:10,610 geodetic network so we really have we 348 00:15:15,190 --> 00:15:12,680 pinned it down in these extremely low 349 00:15:18,160 --> 00:15:15,200 resolution images probably to about a 350 00:15:20,620 --> 00:15:18,170 meter which is much higher resolution 351 00:15:24,190 --> 00:15:20,630 that we can do with the with the with 352 00:15:28,000 --> 00:15:24,200 the overall network with the Mars for 353 00:15:29,740 --> 00:15:28,010 longitude latitude add in when we get 354 00:15:31,840 --> 00:15:29,750 the high resolution or the full frames 355 00:15:34,090 --> 00:15:31,850 back we should be able to tell where the 356 00:15:35,949 --> 00:15:34,100 vehicle is to within centimeters we 357 00:15:37,240 --> 00:15:35,959 really need to know it that well but we 358 00:15:39,639 --> 00:15:37,250 should be able we should be able to do 359 00:15:42,100 --> 00:15:39,649 that so I believe the next thing that 360 00:15:46,120 --> 00:15:42,110 should be queued up is the is the video 361 00:15:48,160 --> 00:15:46,130 I don't know what that was that looks 362 00:15:49,600 --> 00:15:48,170 just like dust blue or oh that's the 363 00:15:51,639 --> 00:15:49,610 wheel that's actually an engineering 364 00:15:52,960 --> 00:15:51,649 also that's the first image that the 365 00:15:56,290 --> 00:15:52,970 wheel showed up and so you see in the 366 00:15:58,329 --> 00:15:56,300 lower right corner that that's actually 367 00:16:00,160 --> 00:15:58,339 that's image is actually upside down you 368 00:16:03,040 --> 00:16:00,170 can't really tell that it is upside down 369 00:16:05,139 --> 00:16:03,050 because the wheels as we take the image 370 00:16:07,300 --> 00:16:05,149 is in the lower right corner so I 371 00:16:09,280 --> 00:16:07,310 usually flip everything so that the top 372 00:16:12,280 --> 00:16:09,290 of the camera is in the direction that 373 00:16:15,910 --> 00:16:12,290 the vehicle is facing so that's we watch 374 00:16:18,280 --> 00:16:15,920 the the wheels deploy it came in very 375 00:16:20,410 --> 00:16:18,290 quickly it came in very quickly when we 376 00:16:22,689 --> 00:16:20,420 touched out it moves a little bit out of 377 00:16:25,269 --> 00:16:22,699 the field of view because the weight of 378 00:16:27,999 --> 00:16:25,279 the vehicle on the wheel pushes it out a 379 00:16:29,650 --> 00:16:28,009 little so and it's a mark it's a 380 00:16:31,660 --> 00:16:29,660 yardstick we can use to measure where we 381 00:16:33,759 --> 00:16:31,670 are and obviously on the surface we 382 00:16:35,980 --> 00:16:33,769 could watch the tracks and do some 383 00:16:38,259 --> 00:16:35,990 science with that so I guess now we're 384 00:16:40,780 --> 00:16:38,269 ready to go with the video and it'll 385 00:16:42,610 --> 00:16:40,790 start with a stop on the on the heat 386 00:16:44,379 --> 00:16:42,620 shield and then I'll start moving so 387 00:16:46,929 --> 00:16:44,389 there they are moving away I call this 388 00:16:50,160 --> 00:16:46,939 stop action because it's a it's really 389 00:16:53,410 --> 00:16:50,170 individual frames we've done no no 390 00:16:55,809 --> 00:16:53,420 modification of the of the frames to get 391 00:16:57,579 --> 00:16:55,819 them to line up or anything you can see 392 00:17:01,240 --> 00:16:57,589 that it's it's basically facing to the 393 00:17:04,299 --> 00:17:01,250 top is to the east and the dunes have 394 00:17:08,770 --> 00:17:04,309 left the upper right part of it we're 395 00:17:11,049 --> 00:17:08,780 zooming around turning the sum of that 396 00:17:14,409 --> 00:17:11,059 large motion you just saw was probably 397 00:17:16,120 --> 00:17:14,419 the divert maneuver and now we're coming 398 00:17:20,079 --> 00:17:16,130 close to the surface there is a dust 399 00:17:23,939 --> 00:17:20,089 down at the surface and lots of us 400 00:17:26,319 --> 00:17:23,949 picking up a lot of dust Houston and 401 00:17:28,240 --> 00:17:26,329 it'll stop pretty much when we get to 402 00:17:30,060 --> 00:17:28,250 the surface see the wheels in the upper 403 00:17:43,370 --> 00:17:30,070 left there because it's the front left 404 00:17:49,740 --> 00:17:47,669 thank you very much I idea we I really 405 00:17:52,039 --> 00:17:49,750 hope you'll see the stick around at some 406 00:17:54,720 --> 00:17:52,049 point we'll get the full frames back and 407 00:17:57,120 --> 00:17:54,730 that will that's that video just be 408 00:17:59,220 --> 00:17:57,130 exquisite at full frame towards the end 409 00:18:03,029 --> 00:17:59,230 we'll be seeing things only a millimeter 410 00:18:05,549 --> 00:18:03,039 to across in the file frames and we'll 411 00:18:07,470 --> 00:18:05,559 be able to track the dust and get some 412 00:18:09,320 --> 00:18:07,480 idea of the velocity the impingement 413 00:18:12,029 --> 00:18:09,330 force of the plumes there's a lot of 414 00:18:14,930 --> 00:18:12,039 sort of exciting engineering and science 415 00:18:17,220 --> 00:18:14,940 we can pull out of the Marty and 416 00:18:22,769 --> 00:18:17,230 hopefully we'll get those bout out to 417 00:18:25,919 --> 00:18:22,779 you in the near future joy so I'm going 418 00:18:30,510 --> 00:18:25,929 to start with a video this is a video 419 00:18:32,639 --> 00:18:30,520 that was put together by Doug Ellison he 420 00:18:34,950 --> 00:18:32,649 used elevation data from high-resolution 421 00:18:37,350 --> 00:18:34,960 stereo camera that's on Mars Express 422 00:18:39,029 --> 00:18:37,360 together with image data from the 423 00:18:42,330 --> 00:18:39,039 context camera on Mars Reconnaissance 424 00:18:44,700 --> 00:18:42,340 Orbiter and color info from Viking and 425 00:18:46,560 --> 00:18:44,710 so you get to see where the ellipse is 426 00:18:48,750 --> 00:18:46,570 where we landed and if you were standing 427 00:18:51,659 --> 00:18:48,760 there looking around getting a nice 428 00:18:53,220 --> 00:18:51,669 panoramic view just all animated but it 429 00:18:57,000 --> 00:18:53,230 just nicely shows you going from Mount 430 00:18:59,610 --> 00:18:57,010 sharp and now looking at the rim as if 431 00:19:01,320 --> 00:18:59,620 you could pan around so eventually we'll 432 00:19:05,909 --> 00:19:01,330 get to do this with our own cameras but 433 00:19:08,220 --> 00:19:05,919 for now this is a very helpful tool to 434 00:19:10,860 --> 00:19:08,230 for scientists to get a feel for where 435 00:19:13,049 --> 00:19:10,870 they are and and what it is around them 436 00:19:15,539 --> 00:19:13,059 and then we put that into context now 437 00:19:18,600 --> 00:19:15,549 having just gotten this full resolution 438 00:19:20,760 --> 00:19:18,610 hazard camera which so fortunately is 439 00:19:23,789 --> 00:19:20,770 pointed right at Mount sharp so we can 440 00:19:25,889 --> 00:19:23,799 see that the top of it once again to 441 00:19:30,149 --> 00:19:25,899 remind you this is taller than any 442 00:19:31,740 --> 00:19:30,159 mountain in the lower 48 states so it's 443 00:19:35,460 --> 00:19:31,750 it's pretty spectacular we're currently 444 00:19:39,269 --> 00:19:35,470 when we look at Mount sharp that is 22 445 00:19:40,889 --> 00:19:39,279 kilometers away are actually it's 28 446 00:19:45,029 --> 00:19:40,899 kilometers in the direction of this 447 00:19:47,370 --> 00:19:45,039 camera and it's get that number wrong 448 00:19:47,869 --> 00:19:47,380 it's six and a half kilometers to Mount 449 00:19:51,589 --> 00:19:47,879 sharp 450 00:19:54,919 --> 00:19:51,599 it's will have a later view of the rim 451 00:19:59,719 --> 00:19:54,929 that's what's 22 kilometers directly 452 00:20:01,249 --> 00:19:59,729 away from us this is geometrically 453 00:20:03,499 --> 00:20:01,259 corrected so you've seen a lot of 454 00:20:04,879 --> 00:20:03,509 fisheye camera views from the hazard 455 00:20:08,359 --> 00:20:04,889 cameras and this one's straightened out 456 00:20:10,519 --> 00:20:08,369 so this has been corrected I we can see 457 00:20:13,399 --> 00:20:10,529 more clearly these little pebbles all 458 00:20:15,949 --> 00:20:13,409 over the ground we can see a little bit 459 00:20:19,789 --> 00:20:15,959 better than when we saw yesterday that 460 00:20:21,469 --> 00:20:19,799 it's very flat there we're not sure how 461 00:20:23,539 --> 00:20:21,479 easy it is going to be to scoop this 462 00:20:26,119 --> 00:20:23,549 this kind of material if we do end up 463 00:20:29,959 --> 00:20:26,129 trying to scoop it you can see that the 464 00:20:33,409 --> 00:20:29,969 wheels have not sunk into it and we were 465 00:20:36,259 --> 00:20:33,419 struck by how the size distribution of 466 00:20:38,359 --> 00:20:36,269 these pebbles is relatively in a 467 00:20:42,499 --> 00:20:38,369 restricted range about up to a few 468 00:20:44,809 --> 00:20:42,509 centimeters so with what catches your 469 00:20:48,199 --> 00:20:44,819 eye are the dark dunes that are piled up 470 00:20:50,599 --> 00:20:48,209 along the base of Mount sharp we have 471 00:20:52,759 --> 00:20:50,609 seen more detail in Mount sharp itself 472 00:20:55,069 --> 00:20:52,769 from the orbital images and so we we are 473 00:20:57,349 --> 00:20:55,079 looking forward to getting some other 474 00:20:59,209 --> 00:20:57,359 images like Molly and mastcam and 475 00:21:02,269 --> 00:20:59,219 driving over and getting a closer look 476 00:21:06,019 --> 00:21:02,279 but for now it's just very reassuring 477 00:21:08,599 --> 00:21:06,029 that we have in front of us we can drive 478 00:21:13,039 --> 00:21:08,609 there no obstacles for driving and we 479 00:21:17,629 --> 00:21:13,049 have the ultimate goal of the mission to 480 00:21:19,549 --> 00:21:17,639 eventually get over to Mount sharp also 481 00:21:21,289 --> 00:21:19,559 I think it's fun to see that you can see 482 00:21:22,909 --> 00:21:21,299 the silhouette the shadow of the rover 483 00:21:27,589 --> 00:21:22,919 in much sharper detail then you could 484 00:21:29,509 --> 00:21:27,599 yesterday and the next image first we 485 00:21:32,329 --> 00:21:29,519 have an animation of just showing you 486 00:21:37,099 --> 00:21:32,339 where the rear has cams are the field of 487 00:21:38,959 --> 00:21:37,109 view that they can see and then thank 488 00:21:40,789 --> 00:21:38,969 goodness we had dust covers which 489 00:21:42,769 --> 00:21:40,799 deployed because now we know there 490 00:21:45,889 --> 00:21:42,779 definitely was a lot of dust kicked up 491 00:21:49,909 --> 00:21:45,899 and so this is the full res view from 492 00:21:52,009 --> 00:21:49,919 the left rear has cam now with the dust 493 00:21:54,469 --> 00:21:52,019 cover removed and you can see the wheel 494 00:21:57,019 --> 00:21:54,479 of the rover and again very flat with 495 00:21:59,479 --> 00:21:57,029 these pebbles and no obstacles for 496 00:22:01,010 --> 00:21:59,489 driving so we'll be able to drive front 497 00:22:04,370 --> 00:22:01,020 or rear words 498 00:22:07,340 --> 00:22:04,380 and this from this vantage point looking 499 00:22:09,410 --> 00:22:07,350 to the rim of Gail it's the northwest 500 00:22:11,300 --> 00:22:09,420 rim that we're looking at and it's 28 501 00:22:13,940 --> 00:22:11,310 kilometers away from us in this 502 00:22:18,740 --> 00:22:13,950 direction so that's all I wanted to 503 00:22:21,590 --> 00:22:18,750 share all right we'll open it up to 504 00:22:23,570 --> 00:22:21,600 questions here at JPL and just wait for 505 00:22:24,860 --> 00:22:23,580 a microphone to come to you we're going 506 00:22:29,330 --> 00:22:24,870 to start over here and then go on that 507 00:22:30,770 --> 00:22:29,340 side right over here in the middle quick 508 00:22:33,020 --> 00:22:30,780 is it the front has cam it showed the 509 00:22:37,610 --> 00:22:33,030 picture of Mount sharp that's correct 510 00:22:41,660 --> 00:22:37,620 okay so it's facing mouth sharp yes okay 511 00:22:44,870 --> 00:22:41,670 then let's go to this side uh yeah wait 512 00:22:46,280 --> 00:22:44,880 for the okay go ahead Eric hi-yah Eric 513 00:22:47,690 --> 00:22:46,290 hang with nature quick question about 514 00:22:51,740 --> 00:22:47,700 this image right here it looks like 515 00:22:53,540 --> 00:22:51,750 there's a line below the crater rim is 516 00:22:55,400 --> 00:22:53,550 that an intermediate feature of some 517 00:23:00,020 --> 00:22:55,410 sort here I believe that's just the 518 00:23:02,330 --> 00:23:00,030 local horizon um Tim you want to chime 519 00:23:04,070 --> 00:23:02,340 in or am I gonna add to that I mean it's 520 00:23:06,260 --> 00:23:04,080 just it's the local arising that we're 521 00:23:08,870 --> 00:23:06,270 seeing then what's above it then then 522 00:23:11,750 --> 00:23:08,880 that's the rim of the crater that the 523 00:23:15,550 --> 00:23:11,760 wall of the crater behind it so you're 524 00:23:20,510 --> 00:23:15,560 seeing Tapani and you're just seeing 525 00:23:22,790 --> 00:23:20,520 this is a 120-degree fisheye view and 526 00:23:26,360 --> 00:23:22,800 you're seeing that the edge of the 527 00:23:28,430 --> 00:23:26,370 horizon is the first line that you see 528 00:23:30,680 --> 00:23:28,440 there but beyond that it's probably only 529 00:23:32,300 --> 00:23:30,690 a few hundred meters or closer but then 530 00:23:40,739 --> 00:23:32,310 way beyond that you're seeing the wall 531 00:23:46,690 --> 00:23:44,169 kelly BTW sky and telescope joy do you 532 00:23:50,009 --> 00:23:46,700 expect the hematite concretions the 533 00:23:53,200 --> 00:23:50,019 blueberries to be on this surface and 534 00:23:55,330 --> 00:23:53,210 does their presence or lack thereof tell 535 00:23:57,759 --> 00:23:55,340 you anything about how the deposition 536 00:24:00,549 --> 00:23:57,769 might have taken place inside Gale well 537 00:24:03,249 --> 00:24:00,559 from our orbital imagery on orbital data 538 00:24:06,849 --> 00:24:03,259 sets we're not expecting to find 539 00:24:08,919 --> 00:24:06,859 hematite berries they could be present 540 00:24:11,680 --> 00:24:08,929 at an abundance that we can't detect 541 00:24:14,649 --> 00:24:11,690 from orbit but basically you know 542 00:24:16,659 --> 00:24:14,659 meridiani was an unusual location on 543 00:24:20,889 --> 00:24:16,669 Mars where this hematite signature was 544 00:24:23,019 --> 00:24:20,899 seen from orbit and this is we weren't 545 00:24:28,239 --> 00:24:23,029 expecting to see that here we don't see 546 00:24:32,619 --> 00:24:28,249 highly rounded grains that we like we've 547 00:24:34,479 --> 00:24:32,629 seen with opportunity so we'll we'll 548 00:24:36,909 --> 00:24:34,489 find out when especially when we finally 549 00:24:38,200 --> 00:24:36,919 get a sample into chem in as to whether 550 00:24:39,789 --> 00:24:38,210 there's hematite now there could be 551 00:24:43,149 --> 00:24:39,799 hematite in the soil that's not in the 552 00:24:44,440 --> 00:24:43,159 same concretions forms so actually I'm 553 00:24:46,539 --> 00:24:44,450 going to take back a little bit of what 554 00:24:48,970 --> 00:24:46,549 I said there we would expect some 555 00:24:51,340 --> 00:24:48,980 hematite in the soil but not the hammock 556 00:24:57,129 --> 00:24:51,350 right hematite concretions necessarily 557 00:24:59,349 --> 00:24:57,139 or high abundances go ahead John John 558 00:25:00,849 --> 00:24:59,359 Johnson um I don't want to be a wet 559 00:25:03,430 --> 00:25:00,859 blanket or anything but I mean 560 00:25:05,169 --> 00:25:03,440 everything seems to have gone so perfect 561 00:25:06,849 --> 00:25:05,179 on this is there anything that hasn't 562 00:25:16,239 --> 00:25:06,859 gone right anything you're worried about 563 00:25:18,759 --> 00:25:16,249 right now no thank you I I'll add to 564 00:25:21,279 --> 00:25:18,769 that there are certainly a lot of things 565 00:25:23,649 --> 00:25:21,289 that have to continue to go right we 566 00:25:26,919 --> 00:25:23,659 have a fairly complicated transition 567 00:25:28,720 --> 00:25:26,929 from our what we call the r9 version of 568 00:25:30,999 --> 00:25:28,730 flight software to the new version that 569 00:25:32,830 --> 00:25:31,009 has some more surface capabilities as 570 00:25:34,840 --> 00:25:32,840 soon as we get our communications links 571 00:25:37,720 --> 00:25:34,850 checked out and all of the instruments 572 00:25:39,789 --> 00:25:37,730 to be just aliveness checks we're going 573 00:25:41,470 --> 00:25:39,799 to start on that transition around saw 574 00:25:43,720 --> 00:25:41,480 five and we're going to do that on both 575 00:25:45,639 --> 00:25:43,730 our CES and that's going to take about 576 00:25:47,499 --> 00:25:45,649 four Sol's in it and there's a lot of 577 00:25:50,589 --> 00:25:47,509 interaction between the ground and the 578 00:25:53,229 --> 00:25:50,599 vehicle during that and it's a fairly 579 00:25:53,950 --> 00:25:53,239 complicated activity so we have things 580 00:25:56,440 --> 00:25:53,960 and 581 00:25:59,500 --> 00:25:56,450 you'll note that we still haven't unced 582 00:26:01,120 --> 00:25:59,510 owed and deployed the arm and several 583 00:26:03,789 --> 00:26:01,130 things like that so there's a lot ahead 584 00:26:05,880 --> 00:26:03,799 of us but so far we are just ecstatic 585 00:26:07,720 --> 00:26:05,890 about the performance of the vehicle 586 00:26:09,700 --> 00:26:07,730 Jennifer could you tell us what the 587 00:26:13,690 --> 00:26:09,710 acronym rce is I don't know if you so 588 00:26:16,269 --> 00:26:13,700 that's the computer don't ask about our 589 00:26:20,440 --> 00:26:16,279 siiii just it's the computer okay okay 590 00:26:22,029 --> 00:26:20,450 hello you don't work yes okay sorry or 591 00:26:24,850 --> 00:26:22,039 you just lucky from Android space.com 592 00:26:26,529 --> 00:26:24,860 friends I would like to know a lot of 593 00:26:28,779 --> 00:26:26,539 been said about the dest on the solar 594 00:26:30,760 --> 00:26:28,789 panels of course curiosity that does not 595 00:26:34,049 --> 00:26:30,770 have this problem but dust can be a 596 00:26:36,519 --> 00:26:34,059 problem for the cameras could it be 597 00:26:39,340 --> 00:26:36,529 lowering the performances for example 598 00:26:41,769 --> 00:26:39,350 having destined the optics with wind 599 00:26:45,070 --> 00:26:41,779 blowing except around moss sure and we 600 00:26:47,649 --> 00:26:45,080 have experience with cameras went on 601 00:26:50,680 --> 00:26:47,659 like Spirit and Opportunity right which 602 00:26:52,539 --> 00:26:50,690 were even lower to the ground so our 603 00:26:54,820 --> 00:26:52,549 biggest fear was the dust kicked up 604 00:26:57,970 --> 00:26:54,830 during entry descent and landing that 605 00:27:00,430 --> 00:26:57,980 that would be a problem so we did 606 00:27:02,139 --> 00:27:00,440 install these covers on the hazard 607 00:27:07,299 --> 00:27:02,149 cameras which are the lowest to the 608 00:27:10,240 --> 00:27:07,309 ground with when with spirit an 609 00:27:13,659 --> 00:27:10,250 opportunity as time goes along the wind 610 00:27:17,320 --> 00:27:13,669 blows electrostatic charging conditions 611 00:27:19,149 --> 00:27:17,330 change so we've seen dust come and go 612 00:27:22,779 --> 00:27:19,159 and not just build up thicker and 613 00:27:25,659 --> 00:27:22,789 thicker so we expect to have similar 614 00:27:27,490 --> 00:27:25,669 behavior and hopefully better luck 615 00:27:30,399 --> 00:27:27,500 having the cameras higher up off the 616 00:27:34,930 --> 00:27:30,409 ground but it remains to be seen it it 617 00:27:36,610 --> 00:27:34,940 can be a concern okay we're going to the 618 00:27:39,340 --> 00:27:36,620 back of the room here gates there's the 619 00:27:42,730 --> 00:27:39,350 microphone thank you what can you tell 620 00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:42,740 us about the temperature and what the 621 00:27:54,610 --> 00:27:52,090 don't have any numbers from from do we 622 00:27:56,889 --> 00:27:54,620 have data from rims at this point we 623 00:28:00,580 --> 00:27:56,899 don't have data from the meteorological 624 00:28:03,730 --> 00:28:00,590 station the REMS station yet so all we 625 00:28:04,850 --> 00:28:03,740 would have would be predictions and I 626 00:28:07,760 --> 00:28:04,860 don't have those numbers 627 00:28:09,830 --> 00:28:07,770 we will get the REMS data tomorrow we'll 628 00:28:12,230 --> 00:28:09,840 get it early in the day and then I'll 629 00:28:14,030 --> 00:28:12,240 also get it at the landing time so that 630 00:28:22,580 --> 00:28:14,040 we can correlate with some of the solid 631 00:28:25,039 --> 00:28:22,590 0 information ok here in the middle so 632 00:28:26,870 --> 00:28:25,049 this might be a silly question but fruit 633 00:28:29,390 --> 00:28:26,880 I'm covering the the spirit opportunity 634 00:28:31,340 --> 00:28:29,400 when we wake up one of those Rovers back 635 00:28:33,169 --> 00:28:31,350 in two thousand four it would wake it up 636 00:28:34,520 --> 00:28:33,179 because it had to wait for the for the 637 00:28:36,650 --> 00:28:34,530 Sun to rise because those were solar 638 00:28:39,530 --> 00:28:36,660 powered right so and this is a nuclear 639 00:28:40,820 --> 00:28:39,540 powered Rover I thought so what's why is 640 00:28:41,870 --> 00:28:40,830 it why we just waking up like it 641 00:28:45,950 --> 00:28:41,880 shouldn't thing be running kind of 642 00:28:47,960 --> 00:28:45,960 around the clock or yeah um so yes we 643 00:28:50,390 --> 00:28:47,970 had a bit of a radioisotope 644 00:28:52,070 --> 00:28:50,400 thermoelectric generator the RTG which 645 00:28:54,500 --> 00:28:52,080 you can see here puts out about a 646 00:28:58,330 --> 00:28:54,510 hundred watts we also have a battery 80 647 00:29:01,610 --> 00:28:58,340 amp hours ish that stores energy however 648 00:29:04,250 --> 00:29:01,620 when we want to operate the vehicle it's 649 00:29:06,350 --> 00:29:04,260 a 135 watts or so so we can't actually 650 00:29:10,340 --> 00:29:06,360 operate the vehicle simply on the 651 00:29:13,070 --> 00:29:10,350 hundred Watts from the RTG so we when we 652 00:29:15,740 --> 00:29:13,080 power on the vehicle we start to deplete 653 00:29:17,539 --> 00:29:15,750 take energy from the battery and so we 654 00:29:20,590 --> 00:29:17,549 actually have to manage the batter in 655 00:29:22,940 --> 00:29:20,600 battery energy fairly well and and 656 00:29:25,130 --> 00:29:22,950 sleeping at night helps us do that we 657 00:29:27,140 --> 00:29:25,140 have survival heaters and additionally 658 00:29:28,760 --> 00:29:27,150 it's so cold at night there aren't that 659 00:29:31,480 --> 00:29:28,770 many things we can do without heating up 660 00:29:34,610 --> 00:29:31,490 actuators and using a lot of energy so 661 00:29:36,440 --> 00:29:34,620 the the RTG certainly helps but it 662 00:29:41,539 --> 00:29:36,450 doesn't keep us from having to manage 663 00:29:44,330 --> 00:29:41,549 the energy balance every saw Oh a 664 00:29:46,010 --> 00:29:44,340 nuclear power to go and the best 665 00:29:46,519 --> 00:29:46,020 explored during the room nighttime 666 00:29:49,799 --> 00:29:46,529 that's not 667 00:29:52,619 --> 00:29:49,809 we we still have to have and we have 668 00:29:54,960 --> 00:29:52,629 about 2000 and 80 watt hours that we can 669 00:29:57,450 --> 00:29:54,970 use every saw when you combine what the 670 00:29:59,519 --> 00:29:57,460 RTG puts out and kind of an energy 671 00:30:01,859 --> 00:29:59,529 balance with depleting the battery and 672 00:30:04,080 --> 00:30:01,869 recharging it completely now once we 673 00:30:06,779 --> 00:30:04,090 start to characterize the system we will 674 00:30:08,369 --> 00:30:06,789 potentially you know move that number up 675 00:30:09,930 --> 00:30:08,379 a little bit but but that's our 676 00:30:11,820 --> 00:30:09,940 constraint and so you have to plan 677 00:30:14,430 --> 00:30:11,830 things so you can stay up in the middle 678 00:30:16,739 --> 00:30:14,440 of the night and you can be up for a few 679 00:30:20,940 --> 00:30:16,749 hours but you still have to stay within 680 00:30:24,210 --> 00:30:20,950 your 2000 watt our constraint yeah okay 681 00:30:27,119 --> 00:30:24,220 Craig you had a question and then we're 682 00:30:31,049 --> 00:30:27,129 going across the aisle yep hi Craig 683 00:30:34,039 --> 00:30:31,059 covault with America space I think for 684 00:30:37,769 --> 00:30:34,049 joy the picture there of the Mount sharp 685 00:30:41,180 --> 00:30:37,779 the the tone of the mountain was quite 686 00:30:43,919 --> 00:30:41,190 light or whitish and I don't mean to 687 00:30:47,129 --> 00:30:43,929 describe it as snow but is that an 688 00:30:48,889 --> 00:30:47,139 accurate characterization of this stage 689 00:30:51,690 --> 00:30:48,899 and if so what would that mean I 690 00:30:53,639 --> 00:30:51,700 actually don't know the funny thing was 691 00:30:56,639 --> 00:30:53,649 I got to work and almost all the 692 00:30:59,039 --> 00:30:56,649 scientists had gone to sleep so I was 693 00:31:02,159 --> 00:30:59,049 scrambling to work on this myself had 694 00:31:03,720 --> 00:31:02,169 some help from image processors and they 695 00:31:05,099 --> 00:31:03,730 had to they were trying to do a lot of 696 00:31:07,560 --> 00:31:05,109 stretching and i believe it was 697 00:31:10,619 --> 00:31:07,570 stretched so that you could see a lot in 698 00:31:13,590 --> 00:31:10,629 the foreground and so i wouldn't put a 699 00:31:15,720 --> 00:31:13,600 lot of weight yet on on the the 700 00:31:18,690 --> 00:31:15,730 lightness the tone of the of the 701 00:31:21,629 --> 00:31:18,700 mountain until can get some info from 702 00:31:24,299 --> 00:31:21,639 the experts so i'd be hesitant to say 703 00:31:28,529 --> 00:31:24,309 yes it looks like snow i am not sure so 704 00:31:30,869 --> 00:31:28,539 it probably was stretched that way okay 705 00:31:33,180 --> 00:31:30,879 good afternoon good day in Mars and 706 00:31:35,940 --> 00:31:33,190 Fernando from tensor millennion Mexico 707 00:31:38,489 --> 00:31:35,950 then if everything is fine in the 708 00:31:40,799 --> 00:31:38,499 curiosity when will the start the first 709 00:31:43,680 --> 00:31:40,809 experiments the use of the drill the 710 00:31:46,620 --> 00:31:43,690 lesser the mass spectrometer the search 711 00:31:52,920 --> 00:31:46,630 of the life when 712 00:31:54,450 --> 00:31:52,930 soon we we really need to get to our new 713 00:31:56,190 --> 00:31:54,460 version of flight software first so I 714 00:31:59,010 --> 00:31:56,200 would say that's the main constraint we 715 00:32:01,500 --> 00:31:59,020 have right now and we it looks like 716 00:32:04,200 --> 00:32:01,510 we're on the path to starting that on 717 00:32:06,450 --> 00:32:04,210 Sol 5 it takes to saul's so it's all 718 00:32:09,240 --> 00:32:06,460 five and six to do the primary computer 719 00:32:12,900 --> 00:32:09,250 and then it takes to saul's to do the 720 00:32:14,430 --> 00:32:12,910 backup computer so by Sol nine will 721 00:32:16,350 --> 00:32:14,440 begin II will begin doing the 722 00:32:18,930 --> 00:32:16,360 higher-level characterizations required 723 00:32:22,320 --> 00:32:18,940 to do some of the more exciting science 724 00:32:23,340 --> 00:32:22,330 that you're talking about thank you okay 725 00:32:26,370 --> 00:32:23,350 we're go on the other side of the aisle 726 00:32:28,680 --> 00:32:26,380 here I'm Evan Ackerman without Tripoli 727 00:32:30,330 --> 00:32:28,690 spectrum what is going to happen to the 728 00:32:31,770 --> 00:32:30,340 Marty descent imager now is it 729 00:32:36,000 --> 00:32:31,780 completely finished or is there anything 730 00:32:39,540 --> 00:32:36,010 else you can do with it we have plans to 731 00:32:42,690 --> 00:32:39,550 try to use it on the surface obviously 732 00:32:47,760 --> 00:32:42,700 we can't point it it goes wherever the 733 00:32:50,850 --> 00:32:47,770 rover goes so and it points down we we 734 00:32:52,890 --> 00:32:50,860 have a plan to try to collect a sidewalk 735 00:32:56,100 --> 00:32:52,900 side feel the views about the size of a 736 00:32:59,190 --> 00:32:56,110 sidewalk on the and basically drive a 737 00:33:03,810 --> 00:32:59,200 sidewalk view of this surface as we 738 00:33:06,090 --> 00:33:03,820 drive towards the amount harp it's a 739 00:33:08,760 --> 00:33:06,100 little difficult to do that because it 740 00:33:10,650 --> 00:33:08,770 has to be coordinated with the drive and 741 00:33:14,580 --> 00:33:10,660 the drive is a very complicated thing 742 00:33:15,840 --> 00:33:14,590 has a very exotic cadence it drives a 743 00:33:18,510 --> 00:33:15,850 little it stops a little drives a little 744 00:33:20,490 --> 00:33:18,520 bit more commanding the camera to do 745 00:33:23,490 --> 00:33:20,500 that is very difficult so we can either 746 00:33:25,800 --> 00:33:23,500 have the drive commanded to do that or 747 00:33:27,840 --> 00:33:25,810 we could start the camera and then take 748 00:33:29,790 --> 00:33:27,850 pictures while it's driving for the 749 00:33:31,470 --> 00:33:29,800 whole amount of time the problem there 750 00:33:34,530 --> 00:33:31,480 is that most of the images won't show 751 00:33:37,740 --> 00:33:34,540 any changes because it drives in this 752 00:33:39,240 --> 00:33:37,750 sort of stop-start manner we'd never be 753 00:33:41,160 --> 00:33:39,250 able to get all the thumbnails back let 754 00:33:44,400 --> 00:33:41,170 alone full frames but the intent is to 755 00:33:46,860 --> 00:33:44,410 use it it's got probably it's nowhere 756 00:33:48,810 --> 00:33:46,870 near as high resolution as the molly is 757 00:33:50,940 --> 00:33:48,820 but then the mollys on the arm it 758 00:33:52,860 --> 00:33:50,950 doesn't actually look all the time it's 759 00:33:55,440 --> 00:33:52,870 probably comparable to what we could do 760 00:33:57,630 --> 00:33:55,450 with the mask am but you don't really 761 00:33:59,820 --> 00:33:57,640 want to run the mastcam while their 762 00:34:00,540 --> 00:33:59,830 vehicles driving because the focus 763 00:34:03,030 --> 00:34:00,550 mechanism 764 00:34:05,640 --> 00:34:03,040 you might damage it so you want to stow 765 00:34:08,340 --> 00:34:05,650 the focus mechanism so all we could take 766 00:34:11,280 --> 00:34:08,350 would be out of focus cat images so 767 00:34:13,680 --> 00:34:11,290 Martin Marty has a role and we're still 768 00:34:15,210 --> 00:34:13,690 exploring that kept her going to Irene 769 00:34:16,500 --> 00:34:15,220 next and then you and then we're going 770 00:34:19,260 --> 00:34:16,510 to the other side of the room go ahead 771 00:34:22,980 --> 00:34:19,270 Irene Klotz with Reuters for dr. crisp 772 00:34:27,780 --> 00:34:22,990 on earth typically what is responsible 773 00:34:32,030 --> 00:34:27,790 for forming little uniform pebbles and 774 00:34:37,050 --> 00:34:32,040 gravel like what you see in this picture 775 00:34:39,660 --> 00:34:37,060 good question uh I'm gonna take a stab 776 00:34:43,950 --> 00:34:39,670 at it and I'm gonna let Mike help me I 777 00:34:47,760 --> 00:34:43,960 would say it was did he okay so a 778 00:34:51,169 --> 00:34:47,770 question was on the earth what would be 779 00:34:53,970 --> 00:34:51,179 a typical way to form this pebble II 780 00:34:56,430 --> 00:34:53,980 surface and I would i'm gonna make a 781 00:34:58,320 --> 00:34:56,440 guess out in here and just say we 782 00:35:00,960 --> 00:34:58,330 know that Gale Crater was filled in with 783 00:35:04,260 --> 00:35:00,970 sediments and then a large quantity of 784 00:35:06,780 --> 00:35:04,270 material has been eroded away so you're 785 00:35:11,160 --> 00:35:06,790 seeing what what's left after a lot of 786 00:35:13,080 --> 00:35:11,170 erosion and rock that was once there has 787 00:35:15,510 --> 00:35:13,090 been broken up by physical processes 788 00:35:16,950 --> 00:35:15,520 freezing and thawing and wind and other 789 00:35:19,500 --> 00:35:16,960 ways that it can break it down into 790 00:35:23,010 --> 00:35:19,510 little pieces now why it's all these 791 00:35:24,480 --> 00:35:23,020 small pieces i don't know i think the 792 00:35:26,310 --> 00:35:24,490 science team has a lot of work to do to 793 00:35:29,400 --> 00:35:26,320 figure out how how were these materials 794 00:35:32,670 --> 00:35:29,410 put there you know was was water 795 00:35:34,710 --> 00:35:32,680 involved we don't know yet Mike you want 796 00:35:38,850 --> 00:35:34,720 to take a shot yeah this is obviously a 797 00:35:40,890 --> 00:35:38,860 lag deposit that means it came in with a 798 00:35:43,350 --> 00:35:40,900 bunch of other stuff but this stuff is 799 00:35:44,850 --> 00:35:43,360 not able to be taken away the finer 800 00:35:47,040 --> 00:35:44,860 materials have been removed from this 801 00:35:48,690 --> 00:35:47,050 area the fact that there are a large 802 00:35:50,280 --> 00:35:48,700 number of bigger things is more 803 00:35:52,080 --> 00:35:50,290 interesting to me than the fact that 804 00:35:54,330 --> 00:35:52,090 there is a la small thing small things 805 00:35:56,220 --> 00:35:54,340 winds can transport big things you have 806 00:36:01,170 --> 00:35:56,230 to break them down to get them small and 807 00:36:03,180 --> 00:36:01,180 and this is probably potentially impact 808 00:36:05,700 --> 00:36:03,190 ejecta but I'm surprised there aren't 809 00:36:07,980 --> 00:36:05,710 larger fragments and this is actually 810 00:36:10,080 --> 00:36:07,990 something that me and my team are very 811 00:36:12,390 --> 00:36:10,090 interested in trying to understand what 812 00:36:13,130 --> 00:36:12,400 causes this type of surface to develop 813 00:36:16,920 --> 00:36:13,140 on mar 814 00:36:19,079 --> 00:36:16,930 there is a possibility probably pretty 815 00:36:21,239 --> 00:36:19,089 remote that it's not unlike the 816 00:36:24,210 --> 00:36:21,249 materials concentrated at the meridiani 817 00:36:26,730 --> 00:36:24,220 site in that these may be fragments that 818 00:36:28,230 --> 00:36:26,740 were in a material above this surface 819 00:36:31,890 --> 00:36:28,240 and have been lowered down as that 820 00:36:35,009 --> 00:36:31,900 surface was eroded away and joy was also 821 00:36:37,259 --> 00:36:35,019 alluding to that so this type of surface 822 00:36:42,390 --> 00:36:37,269 is a very familiar to people work in 823 00:36:43,440 --> 00:36:42,400 deserts people go off road biking and 824 00:36:48,120 --> 00:36:43,450 things like that to this should look 825 00:36:49,470 --> 00:36:48,130 pretty familiar to them so actually just 826 00:36:51,569 --> 00:36:49,480 on another note I wanted to clarify 827 00:36:53,069 --> 00:36:51,579 something I said about how soon we're 828 00:36:55,980 --> 00:36:53,079 going to do things because I was 829 00:37:00,239 --> 00:36:55,990 actually speaking to firing the libs and 830 00:37:01,650 --> 00:37:00,249 the rmi in the Sol tenish timeframe we 831 00:37:03,150 --> 00:37:01,660 were speaking earlier about how 832 00:37:06,150 --> 00:37:03,160 curiosities middle name might be 833 00:37:08,759 --> 00:37:06,160 patience because it does take time to 834 00:37:10,559 --> 00:37:08,769 check out the vehicle and so drilling is 835 00:37:13,049 --> 00:37:10,569 not something that we're going to do 836 00:37:14,609 --> 00:37:13,059 until it maybe a month before we're able 837 00:37:16,140 --> 00:37:14,619 to drill because we have to set up the 838 00:37:18,989 --> 00:37:16,150 parameters on the arm we have to deploy 839 00:37:20,609 --> 00:37:18,999 the arm we have six Sol's of check out 840 00:37:22,950 --> 00:37:20,619 of the arm to make sure that we 841 00:37:24,690 --> 00:37:22,960 understand how it's behaving in this 842 00:37:26,609 --> 00:37:24,700 environment how it survived the landing 843 00:37:28,650 --> 00:37:26,619 so just didn't want to give you the 844 00:37:32,640 --> 00:37:28,660 wrong impression it's going to take a 845 00:37:36,210 --> 00:37:32,650 while before we're ready to drill okay 846 00:37:38,130 --> 00:37:36,220 we'll go ahead over here new hi um Nadia 847 00:37:40,170 --> 00:37:38,140 Drake with science news and this is for 848 00:37:42,870 --> 00:37:40,180 Mike Mahlon um you might have mentioned 849 00:37:45,839 --> 00:37:42,880 this but I might have missed it but when 850 00:37:48,390 --> 00:37:45,849 are you expecting the hi-res video to be 851 00:37:50,519 --> 00:37:48,400 ready and is the thumbnail version 852 00:37:53,819 --> 00:37:50,529 posted somewhere that we can still know 853 00:37:55,529 --> 00:37:53,829 what is the thumbnail version posted and 854 00:37:58,499 --> 00:37:55,539 when are you expecting the high-res 855 00:38:00,930 --> 00:37:58,509 video to be right the images that I 856 00:38:04,380 --> 00:38:00,940 showed will be posted on the JPL website 857 00:38:07,160 --> 00:38:04,390 I believe also the animation will be the 858 00:38:10,109 --> 00:38:07,170 animation itself is actually I believe a 859 00:38:12,870 --> 00:38:10,119 motion jpeg so you'll actually be have 860 00:38:15,900 --> 00:38:12,880 the all the frames or complain are 861 00:38:18,120 --> 00:38:15,910 combined in that animation we will get 862 00:38:20,910 --> 00:38:18,130 around to doing the raw frames but we've 863 00:38:23,220 --> 00:38:20,920 been going back and forth with JPL about 864 00:38:25,430 --> 00:38:23,230 how to get stuff on their cloud servers 865 00:38:27,740 --> 00:38:25,440 so so that's been an issue for us 866 00:38:29,900 --> 00:38:27,750 they'll be available pretty soon now 867 00:38:31,400 --> 00:38:29,910 your earlier question was when is the 868 00:38:35,359 --> 00:38:31,410 full resolution video going to be 869 00:38:38,240 --> 00:38:35,369 available I don't know with a right now 870 00:38:41,390 --> 00:38:38,250 we're not really planned to see many of 871 00:38:43,849 --> 00:38:41,400 the full frame images till a couple 872 00:38:46,790 --> 00:38:43,859 weeks from now at the end when we start 873 00:38:49,250 --> 00:38:46,800 seeing them we will get a few full read 874 00:38:53,540 --> 00:38:49,260 full frame images over the next week 875 00:38:56,300 --> 00:38:53,550 there should be one cued up for coming 876 00:39:01,309 --> 00:38:56,310 down I guess tomorrow morning tomorrow 877 00:39:03,680 --> 00:39:01,319 morning will be the remember the image 878 00:39:05,480 --> 00:39:03,690 in the movie there's a full up close up 879 00:39:07,160 --> 00:39:05,490 view of the heat shield and then the 880 00:39:09,440 --> 00:39:07,170 very first frame after that was a little 881 00:39:12,890 --> 00:39:09,450 heat shield that image should be queued 882 00:39:16,640 --> 00:39:12,900 up to be coming down first in the in the 883 00:39:19,359 --> 00:39:16,650 of the full frame images then over the 884 00:39:23,900 --> 00:39:19,369 course I think sometime around solve for 885 00:39:30,440 --> 00:39:23,910 wee wee reprioritize the the remaining 886 00:39:32,930 --> 00:39:30,450 17 of the first 18 and so I expects all 887 00:39:35,059 --> 00:39:32,940 fives all six we might see those I don't 888 00:39:41,240 --> 00:39:35,069 know much about what the downlink for 889 00:39:43,010 --> 00:39:41,250 the software transload whatever the 890 00:39:44,930 --> 00:39:43,020 reloaded that the new loan for the 891 00:39:47,150 --> 00:39:44,940 soffit I don't know exactly what the the 892 00:39:48,109 --> 00:39:47,160 downlink part of that Sol is going to 893 00:39:49,940 --> 00:39:48,119 look those solves are going to look like 894 00:39:52,099 --> 00:39:49,950 but it's in that time frame will start 895 00:39:55,160 --> 00:39:52,109 getting individual full resolution 896 00:39:57,200 --> 00:39:55,170 images and one could make a an animation 897 00:39:59,150 --> 00:39:57,210 probably a much better resolution than 898 00:40:00,770 --> 00:39:59,160 this one just from a few separate 899 00:40:02,839 --> 00:40:00,780 full-frame images because they're eight 900 00:40:04,910 --> 00:40:02,849 times higher spatial resolution than 901 00:40:06,800 --> 00:40:04,920 that thing so it's going to be a couple 902 00:40:11,000 --> 00:40:06,810 of weeks before we really start having 903 00:40:13,339 --> 00:40:11,010 the pieces for it Leo Enright with Irish 904 00:40:15,890 --> 00:40:13,349 television curiosity is a word which 905 00:40:20,809 --> 00:40:15,900 news reporters understand but we don't 906 00:40:23,180 --> 00:40:20,819 understand patients so I was just 907 00:40:25,940 --> 00:40:23,190 wondering there was a lot of talk at one 908 00:40:27,680 --> 00:40:25,950 stage about an intermission which seemed 909 00:40:30,530 --> 00:40:27,690 to be some sort of a period when you'd 910 00:40:34,430 --> 00:40:30,540 actually do some stuff and then get back 911 00:40:35,690 --> 00:40:34,440 to doing some you know engineering so I 912 00:40:38,120 --> 00:40:35,700 just wondered if you could talk to that 913 00:40:38,800 --> 00:40:38,130 and also just briefly more I think maybe 914 00:40:41,830 --> 00:40:38,810 for Verona 915 00:40:46,090 --> 00:40:41,840 but the there's a lot happening tonight 916 00:40:48,760 --> 00:40:46,100 particularly the LGA expands a 1050 mars 917 00:40:51,640 --> 00:40:48,770 local and then about an hour later the 918 00:40:53,380 --> 00:40:51,650 hga deploy and a signal from that i mean 919 00:40:55,240 --> 00:40:53,390 is that are we going to have live feed 920 00:40:57,670 --> 00:40:55,250 out of the control room for that or not 921 00:40:59,620 --> 00:40:57,680 i can answer that and say no we aren't 922 00:41:01,030 --> 00:40:59,630 going to have a live feed tonight but we 923 00:41:03,580 --> 00:41:01,040 are planning to be back here tomorrow 924 00:41:04,600 --> 00:41:03,590 morning at ten a.m. pacific time and for 925 00:41:07,390 --> 00:41:04,610 the rest of this week at ten a.m. 926 00:41:09,550 --> 00:41:07,400 pacific time with updates and there was 927 00:41:11,050 --> 00:41:09,560 another part of it intermission let me 928 00:41:14,650 --> 00:41:11,060 take a crack at the intermission because 929 00:41:18,790 --> 00:41:14,660 i'm one of the big pushers for that the 930 00:41:21,910 --> 00:41:18,800 mastcam has a lot of idiosyncrasies that 931 00:41:24,730 --> 00:41:21,920 we were not really able to test on the 932 00:41:27,340 --> 00:41:24,740 ground the vehicle itself creates an 933 00:41:31,150 --> 00:41:27,350 environment for us and appointing and 934 00:41:33,190 --> 00:41:31,160 things like that so we asked for the 935 00:41:35,920 --> 00:41:33,200 intermission and we asked to do a number 936 00:41:38,830 --> 00:41:35,930 of very specific things including taking 937 00:41:41,530 --> 00:41:38,840 extremely high quality images none of 938 00:41:43,240 --> 00:41:41,540 this JPEG compression really losslessly 939 00:41:46,140 --> 00:41:43,250 compressed high resolution things 940 00:41:49,090 --> 00:41:46,150 following the the effect of sunlight and 941 00:41:52,840 --> 00:41:49,100 shooting high resolution with the narrow 942 00:41:55,870 --> 00:41:52,850 angle camera mosaics at distant objects 943 00:41:57,910 --> 00:41:55,880 to do long-distance lines stereo 944 00:41:59,920 --> 00:41:57,920 observation things of that nature these 945 00:42:01,720 --> 00:41:59,930 are things we've never been able to test 946 00:42:04,960 --> 00:42:01,730 yet when I've ensure our software is 947 00:42:08,380 --> 00:42:04,970 going to work so in in the framework of 948 00:42:11,560 --> 00:42:08,390 a an intermission that was oriented 949 00:42:12,820 --> 00:42:11,570 towards trying to acquire stuff that 950 00:42:15,520 --> 00:42:12,830 would be of interest science 951 00:42:17,950 --> 00:42:15,530 scientifically but also addressing the 952 00:42:21,550 --> 00:42:17,960 engineering concerns that we had for the 953 00:42:24,010 --> 00:42:21,560 instruments the the the concept of the 954 00:42:25,270 --> 00:42:24,020 intermission came up and and for the 955 00:42:27,550 --> 00:42:25,280 mask am that's what we're going to do 956 00:42:30,400 --> 00:42:27,560 that I believe chemcam is also doing 957 00:42:33,540 --> 00:42:30,410 some some similar tests of checking 958 00:42:36,310 --> 00:42:33,550 Kings I forget they're there to other 959 00:42:38,590 --> 00:42:36,320 say oh the salmon Sam is going i think 960 00:42:39,940 --> 00:42:38,600 is that when it snows its atmosphere sam 961 00:42:42,640 --> 00:42:39,950 i think is going to make an atmospheric 962 00:42:46,720 --> 00:42:42,650 measure which will be very exciting so 963 00:42:48,580 --> 00:42:46,730 so those are basically characterizing 964 00:42:51,010 --> 00:42:48,590 the engineering of these instruments 965 00:42:52,570 --> 00:42:51,020 while acquiring something that's 966 00:42:56,510 --> 00:42:52,580 scientifically valuable 967 00:43:02,090 --> 00:42:56,520 now that's Saul tennis starts yeah it's 968 00:43:03,820 --> 00:43:02,100 a couple weeks it'll be 15 ish Sophia ok 969 00:43:07,190 --> 00:43:03,830 I don't forget the mastcam takes a 970 00:43:10,760 --> 00:43:07,200 35-millimeter mask and takes a 360 in 971 00:43:12,290 --> 00:43:10,770 color on solve for will I think we see 972 00:43:15,380 --> 00:43:12,300 the thumbnails are scheduled to come 973 00:43:18,440 --> 00:43:15,390 down lates off for ya and and keep in 974 00:43:20,330 --> 00:43:18,450 mind I think this all three mastcam and 975 00:43:21,800 --> 00:43:20,340 the solve for chem can images are going 976 00:43:23,990 --> 00:43:21,810 to be coming down during the flight 977 00:43:27,230 --> 00:43:24,000 software transition on five six seven 978 00:43:29,690 --> 00:43:27,240 and eight and then we're doing science 979 00:43:32,320 --> 00:43:29,700 after that we're doing all of the higher 980 00:43:35,900 --> 00:43:32,330 level science check out and experiments 981 00:43:37,580 --> 00:43:35,910 we just aren't fully completely checked 982 00:43:39,410 --> 00:43:37,590 out on the vehicle because the arm isn't 983 00:43:43,910 --> 00:43:39,420 deployed and we haven't characterized it 984 00:43:45,890 --> 00:43:43,920 fully uh Jonathan imos BBC you teased us 985 00:43:49,430 --> 00:43:45,900 with a picture at the beginning showing 986 00:43:51,440 --> 00:43:49,440 us a little impact side and then you 987 00:43:53,690 --> 00:43:51,450 said nothing so I was just wondering 988 00:43:54,680 --> 00:43:53,700 what was what was going on there he 989 00:43:56,210 --> 00:43:54,690 thought you might have found the heat 990 00:43:57,830 --> 00:43:56,220 shield or something there was some other 991 00:44:00,560 --> 00:43:57,840 item at the bottom of the picture that 992 00:44:02,570 --> 00:44:00,570 you scroll down yes it was the heat 993 00:44:04,220 --> 00:44:02,580 shield and then I wanted Mike to talk 994 00:44:06,980 --> 00:44:04,230 about that in more detail because he had 995 00:44:08,990 --> 00:44:06,990 better images from the Marty of the heat 996 00:44:11,150 --> 00:44:09,000 shield deployment so that that was okay 997 00:44:12,830 --> 00:44:11,160 that exactly shows the fact that you saw 998 00:44:16,480 --> 00:44:12,840 the heat shield way off to the other 999 00:44:19,400 --> 00:44:16,490 side of that image shows you how high 1000 00:44:22,130 --> 00:44:19,410 the vehicle was at the time the 1001 00:44:23,960 --> 00:44:22,140 high-rise image was taken and and you 1002 00:44:26,540 --> 00:44:23,970 know presumably the heat shields falling 1003 00:44:28,580 --> 00:44:26,550 pretty vertically but you saw where the 1004 00:44:30,890 --> 00:44:28,590 you know the separation that you saw in 1005 00:44:33,110 --> 00:44:30,900 the high-rise image was in fact an 1006 00:44:35,330 --> 00:44:33,120 attribute of the of the angle at which 1007 00:44:38,390 --> 00:44:35,340 high-rise was observing and the altitude 1008 00:44:39,920 --> 00:44:38,400 at which the vehicle was so that's why 1009 00:44:43,940 --> 00:44:39,930 it was off at the bottom line I 1010 00:44:46,970 --> 00:44:43,950 understand them now I believe sometime 1011 00:44:50,930 --> 00:44:46,980 in the next few Sol's mro is going to 1012 00:44:53,840 --> 00:44:50,940 try to reimage the landing site and both 1013 00:44:56,660 --> 00:44:53,850 the high rise and the context camera 1014 00:44:58,640 --> 00:44:56,670 which is my camera on mro will will 1015 00:45:01,190 --> 00:44:58,650 reimage the site you will look around 1016 00:45:03,320 --> 00:45:01,200 for all the hardware that was a part of 1017 00:45:05,570 --> 00:45:03,330 the vehicle as it was descending it 1018 00:45:07,980 --> 00:45:05,580 should be pretty close 1019 00:45:09,420 --> 00:45:07,990 hi bill Harwood CBS News with a very 1020 00:45:12,600 --> 00:45:09,430 very quick nuts and bolts question for 1021 00:45:14,460 --> 00:45:12,610 Jennifer are all six wheels oriented 1022 00:45:16,290 --> 00:45:14,470 parallel to the long axis of the body I 1023 00:45:18,150 --> 00:45:16,300 was one picture I confused myself it 1024 00:45:19,950 --> 00:45:18,160 looked like they want here either clock 1025 00:45:20,940 --> 00:45:19,960 the way I wasn't expecting I just I just 1026 00:45:23,400 --> 00:45:20,950 want make sure I understand where 1027 00:45:26,250 --> 00:45:23,410 everything's pointed yeah they're all 1028 00:45:30,390 --> 00:45:26,260 oriented in the again it it may have 1029 00:45:33,900 --> 00:45:30,400 just looked different do we have any 1030 00:45:35,520 --> 00:45:33,910 more questions it looks like we're we're 1031 00:45:37,620 --> 00:45:35,530 done with questions so we will wrap this 1032 00:45:39,840 --> 00:45:37,630 up for today I do want to say though 1033 00:45:43,410 --> 00:45:39,850 that all of the images and the animation 1034 00:45:45,960 --> 00:45:43,420 are available on nasa.gov as well as JPL 1035 00:45:50,070 --> 00:45:45,970 nasa gov and i'll also give you the URL 1036 00:45:53,490 --> 00:45:50,080 for the mission page is Mars JPL nasa 1037 00:45:55,410 --> 00:45:53,500 gov / MSL any of those locations will 1038 00:45:57,570 --> 00:45:55,420 take you to all the images that you've 1039 00:45:59,760 --> 00:45:57,580 seen today and we will be back again 1040 00:46:01,950 --> 00:45:59,770 tomorrow at ten a.m. pacific time and 1041 00:46:03,930 --> 00:46:01,960 broadcasters stand by for a replay of 1042 00:48:06,040 --> 00:46:03,940 all of the images thank you so much for