Re:Photo shows Mars rover descent
by elorant on Monday August 06, 2012 @02:24PM
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Well it's not that simple because you have to take under consideration that MRO also moves. So basically you have two objects moving at some thousand kilometers per hour in different trajectories and you have an open window of a few seconds to take the picture.
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Re:Photo shows Mars rover descent
by startupfounder on Monday August 06, 2012 @02:26PM
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Ok, who wants to play a game? Where was MRO in this picture: http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/672880main_martin_mur-1-4... when it took this picture: http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/62081000/jpg/_62081182... Height of the parachute is 50m while the width is 16m. GO!
Re:Photo shows Mars rover descent
by ricardobeat on Monday August 06, 2012 @04:07PM
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The article says 340km away.