Comments on: Alien and barren Mars

By: Jeff

Jeff — Sat, 05 Feb 2022 13:09:34 +0000

This Navcam pano on Sol 3376 by Jan van Driel shows “Prow”, just right of center, very well.
http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/index.php?act=attach&type=post&id=50357

It’s easy to see how the science team was so enthralled with this multi-layered outcrop.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Sat, 05 Feb 2022 12:30:16 +0000

I’m a bit confused. The large bulbous overhanging cliff you featured in the Jan 11 posting was imaged on Sol 3331. You can see it clearly on your map, just above the second red dot of the planned route. I have searched for the name of this feature, but can not find it – if one exists

In this map update from Sol 3347, citizen cartographer kymani76 included elevations.
http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/index.php?act=attach&type=post&id=50091
This shows the top of the cliff is ~10 meters high. So I would say your initial height estimate was correct. Also, the slightly curved area of “Prow” is visible SSW of the rover’s position a few meters away.

I understood the “Prow” outcrop to be much smaller, wide area, about one meter in height, several meters south of this cliff. This is where Curiosity has been since Sol 3353.

This update from Sol 3363 shows the area name “Prow” (orange triangle) and “Panari” to the SE. I think the red triangles indicate individual targets of interest and/or photos.
http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/index.php?act=attach&type=post&id=50256

On Sol 3376 Curiosity moved about 12 meters west, perhaps finally off exploring more.

I apologize if I misunderstood your post and I really appreciate the Martian updates.

By: Questioner

Questioner — Sat, 05 Feb 2022 07:59:13 +0000

Expedition Ares

“When he began writing Expedition Ares in 1948, Germanborn space scientist Krafft Ehricke (1917-1984) had been in the United States for one year, and was living on the U .S. Army base at Ft. Bliss, Texas ….

… Krafft Ehricke became intrigued with space flight in 1929, when, at the age of 1 2 , he saw the Fritz Lang film, Woman in the Moon in a Berlin theater. Two years later, he became aware of the activities of the spunky German Society for Space Travel, but ‘he was too young to join. He continued his studies, however, and in 1 934, at the age of 17, he wrote Thoughts of Space and Man, a collection of short stories about scientific discovery, also yet to be published. …..
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… Krafft Ehricke believed that a new Renaissance was necessary. Works, such as his Expedition Ares, embody the optimism, the commitment to scientific and technological advancement, and the belief in the irrepressibility of the human spirit, that mankind must marshal today to make this, and other great projects, a reality…”

https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/larouchepac/legacy_url/19477/ehricke_expedition-ares.pdf?1612573682