Last stops around Victoria, before the Long Trek |
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Last stops around Victoria, before the Long Trek |
 Oct 1 2008, 07:43 PM
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QUOTE (PaulM @ Oct 1 2008, 02:35 PM)  ...it was decided to alternate between driving forwards and driving backwards every few SOLs to even out the wear on a Rover's 6 wheels. Because, I think, it ensures even distribution of lubricant. |
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Oct 1 2008, 08:33 PM
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QUOTE (ustrax @ Oct 1 2008, 09:16 PM) [attachment=15933:1N275912...1818L0M2.jpg] The Speedy Turtle striked again... -------------------- |
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Oct 1 2008, 08:55 PM
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QUOTE (ustrax @ Oct 1 2008, 12:16 PM) [attachment=15933:1N275912...1818L0M2.jpg] I'll say it's a large wooden badger flying off a catapult.  Run away! run away! -------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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Oct 1 2008, 08:59 PM
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Clearly a donkey leaving a trebuchet.
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Oct 1 2008, 09:31 PM
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QUOTE (PaulM @ Oct 1 2008, 11:35 AM) I remember reading that it was thought that one of Spirit's front wheels developed a problem because the front wheels on Rovers are most highly stressed. I thought that for this reason that during Opportunity's trek to Victoria it was decided to alternate between driving forwards and driving backwards every few SOLs to even out the wear on Opportunity's 6 wheels. Am I correct? I think that the rocker bogie system is designed to equally distribute the load on all 6 wheels on flat terrain. The reason for switching between forward and backward driving was to equally distribute lubricant and wear. Paolo -------------------- Disclaimer: all opinions, ideas and information included here are my own,and should not be intended to represent opinion or policy of my employer.
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Oct 1 2008, 09:32 PM
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QUOTE (djellison @ Oct 1 2008, 10:45 AM) Uphill, or when either front wheel is locked  Correct! I will come up with some more trivia. Paolo -------------------- Disclaimer: all opinions, ideas and information included here are my own,and should not be intended to represent opinion or policy of my employer.
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Oct 1 2008, 09:36 PM
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I've been thinking for awhile that Paolo needs a special status more befitting than Junior Member and now I have it...
Quizmaster! 
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Oct 1 2008, 09:36 PM
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QUOTE (ustrax @ Oct 1 2008, 11:16 AM) An image artifact? And here I was thinking that crazy swiss rocketman had made it this far...  [attachment=15933:1N275912...1818L0M2.jpg] Are you sure Doug?...  This is a consequence of of our fast driving. It is a pebble that was squashed between one of the wheels and the terrain. Paolo -------------------- Disclaimer: all opinions, ideas and information included here are my own,and should not be intended to represent opinion or policy of my employer.
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Oct 2 2008, 12:00 AM
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QUOTE (djellison @ Oct 1 2008, 12:01 PM) Were taken at the same time - and the feature is only in one - so it is an imaging artifact, not a real object. Out of curiosity.. What sort of things would cause this in particular to appear in an image? |
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Oct 2 2008, 03:30 AM
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QUOTE (tim53 @ Oct 1 2008, 10:12 AM) The file with "25cm" in the filename is at the full resolution of the HiRISE mosaic. The Navcam overhead is rendered at 1cm/pixel for the planning tool, but unless folks can open something like Jpeg 2000 format, putting a 1cm/pixel zoom of the map on the rover website would be difficult. Easy to produce, though. ... Thanks, Tim. Although I couldn't see any file name containing "25 cm," my observation was in error. I was using someone else's computer last night and it apparently had a very old or faulty monitor. Now that I am back on my machine, the maps look great. I was certainly not trying to suggest that we needed 1 cm/px route maps.QUOTE (tim53 @ Oct 1 2008, 10:26 AM) ... the "purgatoids" ... I love it! I am going to work very hard to add that word to my vocabulary.
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I'm not a Space Fan, I'm a Space Exploration Enthusiast. |
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Oct 2 2008, 08:42 AM
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QUOTE (RoverDriver @ Oct 1 2008, 11:36 PM) This is a consequence of of our fast driving. It is a pebble that was squashed between one of the wheels and the terrain. Paolo Wauw, you are really putting the pedal to the metal on Oppy, aren't you! - Was flying debris captured like that before, since you can so comfortably identify it, or is it experience with the Earth-bound rovers at the JPL rock garden that makes you know it? |
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Oct 2 2008, 09:05 AM
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Sol 1666 panorama updated
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Oct 2 2008, 09:12 AM
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It's great to see some trekking again and some new vistas
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Oct 2 2008, 11:16 AM
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QUOTE (Oersted @ Oct 2 2008, 09:42 AM) Was flying debris captured like that before, Paolo was being sarcastic
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Oct 2 2008, 01:11 PM
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QUOTE (djellison @ Oct 2 2008, 04:16 AM) Paolo was being sarcastic It made me laugh; I was almost certain that Paolo was joking. But then I had to stop and think for a moment. Yes, I'm pretty sure he's joking. Seriously, I imagine its just a random cosmic ray hit. Right? |
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