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NASA Releases Mars Data for Maestro

Posted by simoniker on from the adagio-con-brio dept.

The Maestro Team writes "The Jet Propulsion Laboratory has released the first Mars data update for Maestro, containing images just received from the Spirit Mars rover. Maestro is the public version of the actual tool used by the mission scientists to operate the rover. You can download Maestro and the latest Mars images from the official Maestro site, and join the developers and other users in #maestro on irc.freenode.net."

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  1. Bit torrent link by Merik · · Score: 4, Informative

    http://torrent.andrewhitchcock.org/files/Maestro-U pdate01-Windows.exe.torrent

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  2. BitTorrent links hot off the press by glassesmonkey · · Score: 4, Informative

    Get your your bittorrent files here:
    Maestro for Windows & Mars Dataset #1

    Maestro for Linux & Mars Dataset #1
    (tar -xzvf dataset immediately above your "JPL" directory)

    Maestro for Solaris & Mars Dataset #1
    (tar -xzvf dataset immediately above your "JPL" directory)

    Maestro for Mac & Mars Dataset #1
    (Requires Java3D)

    Maestro User's Guide (pdf)
    BitTorrent stats

    Provide feedback to these folks: maestro [at] telascience [dot] org

    1. Re:BitTorrent links hot off the press by MillionthMonkey · · Score: 4, Informative

      Here are the mirror links for the program and the data update in case telestra.org goes down again. There is nothing posted there besides this list anyway.

      Maestro for Windows XP/2000/Me/98

      Download from NASA Download from Freecache Download from USF FTP (Florida) (Internet II - university students start here) Download from LibertyOutreach Download from KNCL FTP (Texas) Download from Lakewebs (Oklahoma) Download from NJIT (New Jersey) Download from UALR (Arkansas) (Internet II - university students start here) Download from Emporia State Univ. (Kansas) (Internet II - university students start here) Download from TU-Budapest (Hungary) Download from TU-Berlin (Germany) Download via BitTorrent (what's this?) Download via ed2k (what's this?)

      Maestro for Mac (requires Java3D)

      Download from NASA Download from FreeCache Download from USF FTP (Florida) (Internet II - university students start here) Download from KNCL FTP (Texas) Download from Lakewebs (Oklahoma) Download from NJIT (New Jersey) Download from UALR (Arkansas) (Internet II - university students start here) Download from Emporia State Univ. (Kansas) (Internet II - university students start here) Download from TU-Budapest (Hungary) Download from TU-Berlin (Germany) Download via ed2k (what's this?)

      Maestro for Linux

      Download from NASA Download from Freecache Download from USF FTP (Florida) (Internet II - university students start here) Download from KNCL FTP (Texas) Download from Lakewebs (Oklahoma) Download from NJIT (New Jersey)

  3. Welcome Slashdotters! by JPL-Jeff · · Score: 5, Informative

    We (the Maestro team) hope you all really enjoy Maestro. Don't forget to join us in our chat channel (#maestro in mars.telascience.org) and send us your comments at maestro (at) telascience (dot) org.

    1. Re:Welcome Slashdotters! by JPL-Jeff · · Score: 5, Informative

      ACK - no, the irc is #maestro on irc.freenode.net. Sigh - not enough sleep!!!

      Join us in #maestro on irc.freenode.net!

  4. rovers in museums by spanklin · · Score: 3, Informative

    This is somewhat offtopic (apologies in advance), but I've heard that some museums / science centers are going to be building realistic Mars terrain models, and replica rovers are going to travel the country. Interactive exhibits are planned where visitors can control the replica as it moves across the fake Mars terrain. Download maestro now to practice!

  5. Re:This is Crippleware! by QuantumFTL · · Score: 4, Informative

    So I'm guessing this public version of the tool used to operate the rover lacks some capabilities, like the ability to operate the rover?

    Actually Science Activity Planner (the mission version of Maestro) is used to generate plans which are then turned into the actual sequences through various software packages and some human judgement calls. Even the full version cannot control the rover.

    But yes, the public activity dictionary (which determines the structure of the plans) is significantly different from the mission version.

    Cheers,
    Justin Wick
    Science Activity Planner Support Staff
    Mars Exploration Rovers

  6. More download links by JPL-Jeff · · Score: 5, Informative
    In addition to the torrent links, we have a lot of great mirror sites for Maestro. You can find them all here:
  7. Re:These are the kinds of things that will... by QuantumFTL · · Score: 4, Informative

    Although the site is "conserving bandwidth", and didn't have as much info as I would like available right this second,

    There is a secondary site at http://mars0.sdsc.edu/ which has a lot more info.

    Check it out. It even has a Wiki about Maestro and MER.

    Many Maestro and MER related questions are also being answered in #maestro on irc.freenode.net.

    Cheers,
    Justin Wick
    Science Activity Planner / Maestro Support Staff
    Mars Exploration Rovers

  8. Re:Source Code by JPL-Jeff · · Score: 5, Informative

    Actually, we *are* making steps towards open-sourcing Maestro.

  9. Links to Java3D for Macs by lpangelrob2 · · Score: 3, Informative
    It seems that the link to the Java3D download is quite broken, so I'll post a better one here.

    http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/apple/java3d andjavaadvancedimagingupdate.html

    It doesn't specifically tell you, but if you try to fire up Maestro without Java3D, nothing happens.

    As it is, this is a quality Java app -- reminds me of old *quality* Encarta multimedia footage (back in oh... 1998 or so). Just better. :-)

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    Marriage doesn't have to suck!