Here's a google earth path for the predicted route.


Edit: modified final part of path. See this post for reason.

hey SFJCody, I tried to download your MER-b map extension via uTorrent, but it made no progress after several hours. Is there another way to do it?

Thanks!

Sorry about that. I forgot to keep seeding it. I'm seeding it now so it should work.

Much appreciated. I get scared when my Google Mars flights go off the HiRISE path

Sol 2131. Getting closer.

 Route_Map_Sol2131.kml ( 37.6K ) Number of downloads: 495

 Route_Map_Sol2131.new.kml ( 38.99K ) Number of downloads: 616


This post has been edited by Tesheiner: Jan 22 2010, 12:02 PM

Thanks, SJFCody!

The map from the report on Oppy's traverse is quite interesting, albiet a bit small.
I've really stretched and sharpened the image and added Tesheiner's excellent route map on top.
Thought that this might give everyone a better idea of where Oppy is and the road ahead.

Thanks, Astro0! Looks like once she's over the ridge it's all downhill from there, eh?

We're also 11km (nearly) dead South of the landing site. This could help for scale.
Astro0, does the colour difference in another 2 kms or so, on the scheduled path, shows when we'll be going downhill? Sorry it's not THAT clear to me. If yes, it'll be helpfull to put a clear mark on the map, I think.
Pending we'll have a 360° pan very soon, we'll have to launch a "Find Victoria" campaing.
Hopefully in another 6-8 months (I try to be conservative since winter's coming), we'll be at the start of the downhill path and could also start to look for mini-Endurance crater.
All this to say: your post is very helpfull Astro0.

I'd like to echo climber's comments above.

To Astro0, Tesh, Phil and all the others who take the time to create and upload the diagrams/graphs/misc items a big thank you.

It really does help a newbie such as myself to put a great deal of information and factors surrounding various rover decisions into context.

Neil

That colour change is on the pdf version - I guess it indicates the transition from 'planned' route to 'hypothetical' route.

As it is so flat around here and the contours are far apart it is hard to tell, but anywhere between Conception and 500m past it, should be the start of the downhill run to Endeavour (and HOAV time).

Mini-Endurance by Christmas I'd say.

FWIW, I've added the planned route as another layer on the GE version of the route map (thanks SFJCody!).

 Route_Map_Sol2131.new.kml ( 38.99K ) Number of downloads: 525

I was thinking about that map and wondering what the drop down to Endeavour will be like.
I think is about right for the 'Descent towards Endeavour' that might commence late in the year(?!) if all goes smoothly


EDIT: I stand corrected. See the revised version of the map above here

What do you mean by HOAV ?

Here's Stu's polite version: "heck of a view".