Curiosity will rock the world! Mars Rover UPDATES - - October 13 latest Martian panorama..

So if you ladies want the sparkly MSL Curiosity t-shirts, they're now selling them online:

[link to www.bookstore.caltech.edu]

Meet yet another weird rock on Mars - not in the sights of Curiosity but Opportunity, vying for our attention:
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Pretty picture: rocks underfoot at Curiosity's landing site

Curiosity had a busy weekend and is now well on the way to Glenelg. The Navcam mosaic taken at the end of sol 38 had some intriguing looking rocks in it. So on sol 39 the team commanded Curiosity to take a set of photos. Drive-by geology is always somewhat dangerous, so I am not going to speculate about what kind of rock we're looking at or why it's broken and tilted the way that it is. But I will say that it looks an awful lot like broken paving concrete! Flat on top, gravel inside, dirt underneath.



More:
[link to www.planetary.org]

NASA's Mars Curiosity Rover Report #6

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How does a parachute work in almost zero gravity,How does a rocket engine work in the vacuum of space,There is nothing to push on in a vacuum,People your being lied to

Next MSL Curiosity telecon set for tomorrow at 18:00 UTC: [link to www.nasa.gov]

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for sound & pics

Um, just out of Curiosity… what is this reflection on sol 38? Appears in both left and right cameras
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Sol 44 pics for MSL are posted:

[link to 1.usa.gov]

Curiosity's new target

Reflection? You mean the 3D double image?

yep, i guess its just a 3d double image

And that's what a transit of *Deimos* looks like as seen with Curiosity's eyes:
[link to cosmiclog.nbcnews.com]

MSL Sol 47 images are up:
[link to 1.usa.gov]

Interesting closeup from ChemCam; examining debris impact?

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Curiosity's weather report from Mars reveals 'truly enormous' daily atmospheric pressure swings

[link to phys.org]


Mars most Earth like of the Solar system's planets.

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Feast your eyes on this beautiful late-afternoon panoramic view of Gale Crater's northwestern rim:
[link to www.planetary.org]

The thingy on Mars in a highly processed ChemCam image: [link to www.flickr.com]

now it looks more like a small dead fish ...

The latest Martian panorama taken by MSL Curiosity with the hi-res Mastcam:

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most thrilling landscape seen so far!



:woodyboaaaaah:

No news about that bird MSL found? :-)
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Yesterday's Curiosity telecon:
[link to www.ustream.tv]

Curiosity appears to have developed a case of pica, "eating" its first martian dirt sample

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Thank you 76 ,as always very interesting subject material

thanks my friend

Future Mars Missions: Can Humans Trump Robots?


Mars Sample Return Mission Concept
A scoop and scramble Mars sample return mission has long been sought by the scientific community.
CREDIT: Wickman Spacecraft & Propulsion

For decades scientists have backed the idea of sending robots to collect Martian rocks and return them to Earth, a project that should be possible well before humans crunch their boots into the distant dunes of the Red Planet.

The idea of landing, scooping up, and hauling back to our world specimens from that intriguing globe has long been endorsed as the Holy Grail of precursor missions by Mars exploration planners.

This view was echoed in late September by a summary report from NASA's Mars Program Planning Group (MPPG). Former NASA program manager Orlando Figueroa chaired the blue-ribbon team of MPPG members that were tasked to reformulate the agency's Mars Exploration Program.

Yet other experts question whether robots should do a job that might be better suited for human astronauts. [The Boldest Mars Missions in History]
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Link for the full article:
[link to www.space.com]

Come outta your bunker 76 and check this out...

Foreign Object Discovered on Mars? | Curiosity NASA JPL

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Curiosity Inhales Mars - Gets Carbon Dioxide Buzz | Video

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The Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) is a suite of three instruments that is studying the Martian atmosphere. Carbon Dioxide has been measured in abundance and the rover is actively searching for methane, seen from Earth and Space, telescopically.

Believe baby. Xxx

Panel #2: The Lure of the Red Planet - PART 1

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Panel Chair: Janet Vertesi (Princeton University)

Richard W. Zurek (JPL): Mars After 50 Years Of Space Exploration: Then, Now, and Beyond

David Grinspoon (Denver Museum of Nature & Science): Evolving Concepts Of Planetary Habitability In The Age Of Planetary Exploration

Panel #2: The Lure of the Red Planet - PART 2

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Looks like Nevada.