re: heat shield

JimO — 12/21/2004 12:01:17 AM (archived)

Thanks -- "Workers in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility prepare the heat shield that will be attached to the backshell, surrounding Mars Exploration Rover 1 (MER-1). "

Does this mean the backshell and heat shield were jettisoned as one unit, so we still need another image, or did the backshell stay attached a few seconds later? I suspect not, but let's find out...

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Whoa...solar panel photos had me going for a minute... - Tom Brosz - 12/20/2004 4:55:56 AM
- What is the GLOB????? - carl - 12/20/2004 5:48:42 PM
  - re: What is the GLOB????? - Tom Brosz - 12/20/2004 6:13:03 PM
    - spent chewing gum - Scott Evil - 12/22/2004 5:36:40 PM
    - ok, ok!!! I sneezed during assembly, can we drop it?! (n/t) - JPL employee - 12/22/2004 5:46:43 AM
      - Great. In 100 years, Mars will be infested with booger monsters. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 12/22/2004 6:51:24 AM
- Latest â€˜Opportunityâ€™ shots headed for the heat shield: - JimO - 12/20/2004 5:19:45 AM
  - re: more - JimO - 12/20/2004 7:34:53 PM
    - heat shield - Delbert - 12/20/2004 10:51:36 PM
      - Who are those masked men? Is one of them Gary? (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 12/21/2004 4:16:32 PM
        
        How I wish!!!! - Gary - 12/21/2004 5:05:40 PM
      - re: heat shield - JimO - 12/21/2004 12:01:17 AM
        
        re: heat shield - Doug Ellison - 12/21/2004 1:31:21 PM
        
        kudos re heat shield images, and question - JimO - 12/21/2004 3:09:38 PM
        
        re: kudos re heat shield images, and question - Doug Ellison - 12/21/2004 8:46:34 PM
      - The backshell is also on the Martian surface. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 12/20/2004 11:26:41 PM
        
        re: The backshell is also on the Martian surface. - Delbert - 12/21/2004 12:59:44 AM
        
        Are there two heatshields? - pwokenyaw - 12/21/2004 1:03:53 AM
        
        One aeroshell of two parts - Gary - 12/21/2004 4:22:42 AM
        
        re: The backshell is also on the Martian surface. - Delbert - 12/21/2004 12:46:33 AM

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