Curiosity seems on track

[manie]

Have a look here, AMAZING photos...........

http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/images/

 

[Buzby]

How close is Curiosity to being sentient ?
Does it 'know' it is exploring Mars ?

 

[Jakob2803]

How close is Curiosity to being sentient ?
Does it 'know' it is exploring Mars ?

I doubt it's an AI, it's probably as sentient as one of those Picaxe Microbots.

 

[srnet]

Do we have to guess which ones were taken on Mars. ?

 

[manie]

Not sentient at all, all driving and other instructions come from NASA's control here on earth. Since landing on 5-08-2012, it has only travelled about 25M.....

 

[Deanoz]

what happens to the rover once the mission is complete... does it just stay there or is there a way to get it back to earth with the samples

 

[srnet]

I have mentioned this before, the Lancaster Bomber is bringing it back.

 

[srnet]

Not sentient at all, all driving and other instructions come from NASA's control here on earth.

One thing caught my eye about this, after initial tests, NASA started to reconfigure and re-program it from flight mode to on Mars mode.

You would think, given the price of ROM these days, that all that would take is flipping a single (virtual) DIP switch ?

 

[papaof2]

One thing caught my eye about this, after initial tests, NASA started to reconfigure and re-program it from flight mode to on Mars mode.

You would think, given the price of ROM these days, that all that would take is flipping a single (virtual) DIP switch ?

Reprogramming on-the-fly allows for changes that were thought of during the months-long journey.

 

[JimPerry]

One thing caught my eye about this, after initial tests, NASA started to reconfigure and re-program it from flight mode to on Mars mode.

You would think, given the price of ROM these days, that all that would take is flipping a single (virtual) DIP switch ?

Yes, but the controlling Picaxe can only access so many program slots at a time?

 

[srnet]

Yes, but the controlling Picaxe can only access so many program slots at a time?

True, the old 'not enough slots problem' that we are all familiar with.

 

[BeanieBots]

I have mentioned this before, the Lancaster Bomber is bringing it back.

According to the SUN newspaper, that Lancaster is on the moon so how will it get to Mars to bring it back?

 

[boriz]

Elvis will get pick up the bomber, on his way back from mars.

 

[JimPerry]

Elvis will get pick up the bomber, on his way back from mars.

I wondered why he hadn't been seen at the chip shop for a while!

 

[jinx]

http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/images/?ImageID=4586for the radio guys .my view ,is Curiosity should be the page tuner for mars exo but how did mariner land, the whole point of the sky craine was not to kickup dust yet there's a pic. show thurster fire in the soil,and the cam lid ful of dust.gotta give it nasa here a true image,"cat in the box"mo.http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/raw/?rawid=CR0_399443964EDR_F0030100CCAM01022M_&s=22
this imagehttp://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA15693 martian could well be wetland for mars.