Curiosity rover's broken arm heals, exploration-as-normal resumes The Curiosity rover's arm is working again! In late February, NASA shut down the robotic limb after a short circuit led to errors. By March 7th, the space agency expressed optimism that the arm would come good. And last week, it did: NASA reports that last Wednesday the nuclear-powered laser-equipped space tank once again …
The usual explanation for that question (never has been asked before, honest) is that it's always a composite picture, and in the process of merging the photos the arm can always be "edited out" with parts from another picture. Now, you can either take that answer or one of the double-lined tin foil hats I have on offer for a low, low introductory price...
Here's an incredibly dull animation showing the precise sequence of movements they use:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-7lA30cUJQ
And, in fact, if you look carefully at a picture such as this one:
https://danspace77.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/14-158a.jpg
...and study the protuberance immediately above the bottom left wheel, as you look at the image, you can see blurs and glitches as it moves around. (It's the mount for the camera arm.) They've done a really nice job of the stitching; you'll probably have to zoom in.
> ... a rock dubbed “Telegraph Peak” in a region that's been named “Pahrump Hills”. [...] Next stop: a climb further up Mount Sharp through a feature named “Artist's Drive” where...
Since naming every single rock and feature that Curiosity meets seems to be a necessary part of the science mission, perhaps they could name this spot Cool Hand Fluke?
Arm is now a tentacle....
According to elf and safety, Other Steve's arm has always been a tentacle, nothing to do with the resonance cascade, really, nothing at all.
It is absolutely safe to work here, we don't have accidents, we make discoveries.
And that isn't a bin fire, its.... our new secure document system, yes that'll do.
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