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10kBq jaro

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I'm a bit amazed at the fact that the NuclearSpace web site is following the lead of the popular media in displaying "sanitized" depictions of the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rovers WITHOUT their two RTG units (each).
This goes both for the NuclearSpace main web page, as well as the article at http://www.nuclearspace.com/a_2009_Rover.htm
As I pointed out in an earlier post, the MSL rovers depicted in this "sanitized," nuclear-free version wouldn't get ANYWHERE !
Would it be possible to *please* use alternative depictions showing the complete MSL rovers, with their RTGs ?
Thanks.
 


 

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Brucie B.

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Opps...sorry!!! Will get that corrected soon. Just noticed it. Thanks for the tip!!!



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Terry

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That's my fault. It's one of the few images available at NASA's site. I'll look further, although the location is clearly marked in the main graphic, even if they aren't there.

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10kBq jaro

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Well, its pretty obvious that NASA has done a good job of censoring the RTG nukes out of their illustrations of MSL (...wonder if they have a plan for comouflaging them from the media even after MSL is built and then sent to Mars ??).


Fortunately, LANL (Los Alamos National Laboratory) - the suppliers of the RTGs as well as the ChemCam instrument - commissioned their artwork to show the complete MSL, "warts and all."

Here's a few links, plus a detailed image I clipped from the posted jpgs :

http://www.lanl.gov/worldview/news/releases/archive/04-099.shtml

http://libs.lanl.gov/ChemCam_Art_Open.html
The ChemCam instrument proposal was selected for the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) project in December, 2004.
It includes two instruments for LIBS and remote micro-imaging.

Artistic renderings of ChemCam laser analyses on MSL
http://libs.lanl.gov/calib2.jpg
http://libs.lanl.gov/ChemCam--Art-cover2.jpg
http://libs.lanl.gov/NewMSL-Scene1b.jpg
http://libs.lanl.gov/ChemCam--Art-cover1.jpg







 



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I have 'unsanitized' the MSL pix on the NS site. I copied the rtg's from the LANL image and placed them into the NASA artwork. I've also added a Chemcam artists rendition to the article update.

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10kBq jaro

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Ooooops! ....what happened ? ....the MSL rover image got "sanitized" again !


 



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It's the standard small NASA picture that is 'sanitized.' When you click on the picture you get the full resolution, blown up version of MSL in all of its RTG glory!

This smaller picture is linked to the one on their website, I suspect.

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Terry

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Hrrrmmmm... not sure, Bruce updated the front page last, perhaps he unintentionally overwrote it? Either way, I will attempt to fix it, please stand by...

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10kBq Jaro


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More sanitized depictions of MSL: must avoid showing those satanic RTGs, even if it means that as shown, the rover wouldn't move an inch.....


http://space.com/businesstechnology/060118_msl_wheels.html


Mars Science Laboratory: Big Wheels on A Red Planet


By Leonard David, Senior Space Writer


posted: 18 January 2006


PASADENA, California - Make way Spirit and Opportunity - big daddy is coming!


<SNIP>

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These one is powered by dramatic music!

http://www.freesciencelectures.com/video/mars-science-labaratory/

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I checked today, and I notice that NASA-JPL have done a good deal of updating on their Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) web site.

The video you refer to is also available for downloading, along with a second one, in a variety of file formats and sizes, at:
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/gallery/videos.html#MSL_EDL

Clearly, the plutonium RTG is now finally acknowledged in images as an indispensable component of MSL - if you know what to look for.
But written reference to the RTG is still somewhat hidden, this being the only one I could find:

http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/technology/tech_power.html Technologies of Broad Benefit: Power

The Mars Science Laboratory rover will carry a radioisotope power system that generates electricity from the heat of plutonium's radioactive decay. This power source gives the mission an operating lifespan on Mars' surface of a full Martian year (687 Earth days) or more, while also providing significantly greater mobility and operational flexibility, enhanced science payload capability, and exploration of a much larger range of latitudes and altitudes than was possible on previous missions to Mars.
The RTGs can also be seen in these illustrations:  


CruiseStage.jpg



PIA09201_modest.jpg

-- Edited by 10kBq Jaro at 02:04, 2007-05-31

-- Edited by 10kBq Jaro at 02:06, 2007-05-31

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No more screwing around with solar cells I guess.

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