NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover

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submitted 1 month ago by dingbizcuit@lemmy.world to c/perseverancerover@lemmy.world

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Are those some type of calibration targets on the side of coring drill?

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[–] Starfighter@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 month ago

Yeah I guess a little expansion due to temperature change would wreak havoc on an optical system.

I don't really know how they'd recalibrate the navigation cams in the main body then. The mast and arm cams can look at calibration targets on the rovers back.

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