[amsat-bb] Re: MRO picture of Curiosity during descent

2012-08-06 Thread Joe Fitzgerald
On 8/6/2012 2:45 PM, Alan P. Biddle wrote: An amazing picture of Curiosity and it's parachute during the descent phase: The MRO HiRISE team is 2 for 2 ... they pulled off the same feat for Phoenix back in 2008 http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/phoenix-descent.php -Joe KM1P

[amsat-bb] Re: MRO picture of Curiosity during descent

2012-08-06 Thread Arthur Feller
Amazing is the shot of Curiosity under the parachute AND the heat shield falling behind. See: http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/673982main_PIA15993-43_full.jpg On 6-Aug-2012, at 10:23 PM, Joe Fitzgerald jfitzger...@alum.wpi.edu wrote: On 8/6/2012 2:45 PM, Alan P. Biddle wrote: An amazing

[amsat-bb] Re: MRO picture of Curiosity during descent

2012-08-06 Thread B J
On 8/7/12, Arthur Feller afel...@ieee.org wrote: Amazing is the shot of Curiosity under the parachute AND the heat shield falling behind. See: http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/673982main_PIA15993-43_full.jpg snip Here's a time-lapse video of the landing as seen by the rover's descent