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11-11-2011, 07:44 PM
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Perfectly happy to see one of y'all draw up the skycrane for this ...
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11-12-2011, 07:05 AM
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One thing I find interesting about Curiousity is the lack of the gold Mylar (or whatever) insulation vs. Opportunity, Spirit and Sojourner. Is that because it has an onboard nuclear power source?
That will make it harder to hide my mistakes!   Les (Friendly Airplane Asylum & ex-NASA flack)
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11-12-2011, 01:06 PM
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I suspect that's part of it. It's a significantly bigger rover with a lot more power. It will get hotter and keep that heat longer. Different thermal requirements for sure...
So I am continuing! Here's the RTG:    Those photos are probably too big, I'll scale down the next ones. Also, Yogi, I'm noticing that some of these panels on the rover body are open in the model as in the system integration photos. I think I'm going to close them up with some panels like the final deal, what do you think?
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11-12-2011, 03:33 PM
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Go for it, Kuba. That's always a problem when working from available photos (when trying to get ahead of the launch). Check here for tons of processing photos of all the bits as they get packaged.
Kennedy Media Gallery Use the Expendable Launch Vehicles drop down near the top to select the Mars Science Lab photos. Yogi
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11-13-2011, 06:31 PM
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Thanks guys!
Lots of good photos there Yogi, I've been looking at the NASA MSL page rather than the KSC page. http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/index.html Got the mast up:  Some small bits:  Stuff I'm working on...  I might regret the assembly order I've chosen; kind of worried about breaking things while attaching the suspension. Oh well, it should still be ok.
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11-13-2011, 07:52 PM
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Don't remember clearly, but I think I put most of the chassis bits together then attached the suspension assembly last (though the arm and mast were slip in parts so they were the last on). I need to build another for a door-prize diorama for the next teacher workshop (Viking/Sagan-Sojourner/Rover/Phoenix/Curiosity on a not-quite-as-nice-as-paperkosmonaut base). Probably won't get started in time to help here though.
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11-21-2011, 08:44 PM
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Wow how did 8 days go by? That's crazy.
Slowly continuing the wheels...  They'll get more rounded when I glue in the spokes and properly form them... I decided to remove the wheel rims. I think it looks more realistic like this because the rims are actually quite subtle.
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11-25-2011, 07:18 PM
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Thanks.
However it looks like I didn't make it, I don't think I'll finish it by 10am tomorrow. Maybe I can finish before it leaves Earth orbit? They do tend to sit there for a while... I'll definitely finish it before it lands?? Haha we'll see... Sorry Yogi!
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