Leaving Victoria crater |
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 Aug 15 2008, 03:57 AM
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QUOTE (djellison @ Aug 14 2008, 06:01 AM)  about $28,200 per rover per sol. Less per sol than a stay at the Ty Warner Penthouse Four Seasons in Manhattan And better views, too 
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Aug 15 2008, 07:29 AM
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QUOTE (fredk @ Aug 15 2008, 04:02 AM) Sorry to be all engineering-minded here, but I thought those images were to get better lighting around the rear wheels. In the afternoon they're in shadows and it can be hard to make anything out. Well maybe. But I would have thought a longer exposure while the wheels were in shadow would have been better than doing that if it were needed. Then you would have a nice diffuse illumination with no shadows of the wheel itself obscuring part of the ground. -------------------- |
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Aug 15 2008, 08:24 AM
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QUOTE (fredk @ Aug 15 2008, 05:02 AM) Sorry to be all engineering-minded here, but I thought those images were to get better lighting around the rear wheels. In the afternoon they're in shadows and it can be hard to make anything out. Guess you mean rather those http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...DCP1314R0M2.JPG -------------------- |
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Aug 15 2008, 10:44 PM
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The front wheels appear to be on solid rock once again.
http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...IEP1212L0M1.JPG |
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Aug 17 2008, 07:12 AM
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Aug 18 2008, 07:24 AM
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Sol 1623 - little progress, but progress!
   
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Aug 18 2008, 01:44 PM
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Where are you finding those images? The exploratorium URL's that I have are still only up to sol 1621.
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Aug 18 2008, 02:47 PM
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As they are 200x200 pixels they must be from the Pancam Data Tracking site. Nice work keeping us updated Peter.
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Aug 19 2008, 02:48 AM
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Which wheel
is it that gave them problems on Oppy? As they begin to make their way out of Victoria, has that wheel motor been behaving itself?
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Aug 19 2008, 11:20 AM
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It's the left front wheel that got a current spike. So far it looks like it works still fine!
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Aug 19 2008, 12:19 PM
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Nooooooo!!!!!!
 Touch wood, throw some salt, and please refer to it as The Scottish Wheel in the future. 
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Aug 19 2008, 01:29 PM
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Or, should we advise Opportunity to "break a wheel"?
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Aug 19 2008, 04:40 PM
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Thanks Tman
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Aug 19 2008, 07:17 PM
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I don't know if made mention to this already but the crater where Oppy is headed is NOT Erebus, just got an email from SS clearing that point:
"Is the "not yet named" crater referenced (on the TPS blog) here Erebus? No... it's a different crater, very subdued topographically, but visible in MOC and HiRISE data. We have not made the decision on where to go yet, but it is a leading candidate." I'm sure you guys can spot it...
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Aug 19 2008, 09:07 PM
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OOPs removed my own post for silly suggestion Sorry
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