Today we will examine and try to sort through popular fiction in the world wide web to the effect that the rover Curiosity will not fly, but his pictures were taken in some desert of Nevada or Arizona. Details of the exposure you'll see under the cut.
Reports of fraud Curiosity landing on Mars appeared almost immediately after this triumphant event. Now such statements pougasla, but at first these things and did not hesitate to declare on television.
With the exception of thought "like the Mojave", the first replica in favor of Arizona appeared on the third day of the mission, when Curiosity got the first color panorama. On one of the hillsides in the distance you can see the serpentine in which some immediately recognized the country road.
Of course, such things as the distance to this "road" they shall not be accepted. They are not confused by the fact that such a wide range of road should be a few hundred meters. Also, do not embarrass the fact that such an oversight on the part of the global organization of conspirators looks like a figure of extreme incompetence of the conspirators. Actually, this serpentine - not an optical illusion, and it does exist - it is the river bed, which arose when the flow of water erupted from the outside in Gale Crater.
Just look at the satellite image to see it. White dots mark the location of the rover at the time of planting, blue - the current position. general - the best way to make sure Curiosity exactly where its creators report - is to compare the landscapes that he sees the surface and satellite data. Periodically I spend such comparisons and on a large scale:
And at close range:
As long as everything fits together. If anyone doubts that at his disposal the entire Google Earth and he can look for the appropriate landscapes in the American deserts. But one flaw on the site NASA JPL yet been identified vigilant conspiracy theorists. Is there a 3D map of the Gale crater, and there were found signs of Ctrl + C Ctrl + V:
In anticipation of the imminent fall of the tyranny of NASA's Youtube videos exposing a wave. But it quickly faded, as most did not care, and those who are interested in the question, just double checked satellite images. There's no trace of tampering was revealed:
Apparently Contractors NASA, which made the application for the site, were not able to fully pull on the surface of the relief picture, and had to cover up the gaps. following reason to activate supporters conspiracy gave the rover, when did your own self-portrait.
The question, "How does he himself sfotkal?" Is on one level on a wimp next to the statement "Mars is not red," and jokes about oil and democracy. But still persist are those who think that the photograph itself is impossible, even if your hand is with two elbows, able to rotate 360 degrees. At first portrait is one more thing that attracts attention everywhere wanting to seek out exposure:
What is it? Do the following photos are the conspirators forgot to cover up before the shooting, did not notice at the time of the shooting, was ignored during the panorama stitch and made public? Of course it does not follow. More precisely tracks, but not the legs, and the rover's bucket, which he made a fence for soil studies.
Okay. Having dealt with the "suspicious" pictures, think: what if it was possible to verify that the Curiosity on Mars. Let's look at this animation Deimos transit the Sun.
Interested in this picture is the fact that we can see not only the satellite, but also the sunspots.
This animation was received exactly one year ago on September 18. If you look at the face of the Sun, which was visible from Earth in the day, the picture did not match up. At the time of shooting, Mars was located approximately 100 degrees during the rotation of the Sun from the Earth. The speed of the axial rotation of the sun 14.5 degrees in the day, so we can only see as sunspots observed Curiosity, gradually come up with the visible side of the Earth.
Because of the location of the rover on the surface of Mars, and the inclination of the axis of rotation of the planet, we see no sunspots at that angle, which oversees the satellite SDO, therefore, to determine whether the stain, the image must be turned Curiosity.
If you think about it, why bother to fake mission to Mars, where it can be implemented in reality, as the motivation of conspirators, of course, would be called money. Domestic conspiracy theorists, brought up on the covenants and cut rollback, it is believed that the rover will not fly, and $ 2.5 billion nasovtsy "drank." Now mislead the whole world: the rover rolled on the nearest desert yes draw pictures in 3D-editor. All this imaginary picture falls apart if to remind one simple fact - Curiosity rover is not American.More precisely, he is an American, but working with it is not just the Americans. And who else? Well, for example, Russian.device DAN: Space Research Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Laboratory of cosmic gamma-ray spectroscopy. And Canadians. spectrometer APXS: Canadian Space Agency, the University of New Brunswick and the University of Western Ontario. Spaniards. Climatic station REMS: Center for Astrobiology, the National Institute of Aerospace Technology, National Research Council, the Center for Industrial and Technical Development, the Ministry of Defence of Spain, the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, University of Catalonia. Frenchmen. Spectrometer ChemCam: Research Institute for Astrophysics and Planetary Science, National Centre for Space Studies in France. broadcast signals from Mars is not only on the station NASA Deep Space Network in Goldstone United States, but also on the receiving stations in Spain and Australia. Yet in scientific activities involved the Finnish Meteorological Institute and the Australian National University. If all pay extra for the silence, no billion is not enough. One might even suspect anything if the Americans did not allow anyone to work with the rover, and in no hurry to share the materials that it receives. Meanwhile, NASA itself even offered to join Mars mission. As it happens, for example, with the Russian DAN instrument. Our devices are working on a similar physical principle, stand and bring valuable scientific information on a single lunar and Martian orbiter NASA. So the Americans and asked to participate in our scientists, "onshore" project on a nearby planet. But that's not all. On the Martian orbit, flying machines not only NASA, but the ESA. Space probe Mars Express collected Europe, Russia and launched more than 10 years ago. Since then it has been successfully working in the orbit of the Red Planet
When Curiosity sat, Mars Express has helped in the transfer of data. And once he has had the opportunity to send some pictures obtained rover. Himself a rover, with the help of American orbiters delivered more than 80 million images. But the ESA, passing multiple files, is proud to write a press release about how it helps the Martian curious wanderer. Speaking of 3D. There is such an enthusiast of Mars artist Nick Sotiriadis, which has created a complete photo-realistic model of Opportunity. About how much is a complex and time-consuming process, and it does not just do the "fake" Martian photos can be understood from his description of his work: "After five years in the making (on and off, actual working time was about 3 years), 3 computer upgrades, a lot of sleepless nights, a lot of frustration and hundreds cups of coffee, the project is about to be finished. " And in the forum thread Planetary Community of more than 30 pages, the discussions taking place between 2006 and 2012 - First you can see how time-consuming the process of passing the creation of one single photo:
In sum, all of the factors can be sure that Curiosity is exactly where it should be. His work continues, Mars reveals its secrets, and generates new puzzles.
