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QUOTE (djellison @ Jan 12 2011, 04:47 PM)  take away all the limitation of conjunction, comms, science, restricted sols etc. So moved. Do we have a second on the motion? -------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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Jan 13 2011, 02:33 AM
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QUOTE (jamescanvin @ Jan 12 2011, 05:51 PM) ...without further ado, Santa Maria! James, that is spectacular! Regarding Scott's comments, as ever I will remain cautiously optimistic. It is reasonable to be heartened by such comments without having unreasonable expectations. |
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Jan 13 2011, 12:34 PM
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QUOTE (djellison @ Jan 13 2011, 01:47 AM) Yeah - take away all the limitation of conjunction, comms, science, restricted sols etc. If you imagine 50-100m/sol, every sol, 5 days/week for 3 months. That's 6km right there. Yes we all know the limitations, anyway, look at this: March 24th to December 14th = 258 Sols = 6388m (more or less what is left) = 24,8m/Sol August 31st to December 14th = 104 Sols = 3654m = 35,5m/Sol. Things are getting better and better. (this regards ALL Sols, not only driving sols) -------------------- |
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Jan 13 2011, 02:58 PM
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The large slab of exposed bedrock, center in the Pancam mosaic above, is "Luis de Torres".
Edit: Linking to the mosaic again, since it's two pages back now. 
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Jan 13 2011, 03:45 PM
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QUOTE (climber @ Jan 13 2011, 04:34 AM) Yes we all know the limitations, anyway, And yet you still want to play X-sols x Y metres. After 7 years. Don't we ALL know better than that these days? |
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Jan 13 2011, 04:04 PM
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A new stereo view of the ledge of Yuma from our slightly closer vantage on 2478:
I can't wait to get our wheels out there! |
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Jan 13 2011, 07:08 PM
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but do the exposed bedrocks in this area of the rim have very few, if any, concretions embedded in them? Example
 The blueberries all seem to sit on top of the bedrock or in the grooves between them, as though they rolled or were blown here, not excavated from the matrix?
-------------------- My Grandpa goes to Mars every day and all I get are these lousy T-shirts!
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Jan 13 2011, 07:11 PM
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I think we would need MI images to be sure of that.
Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
Also to be found posting similar content on https://mastodon.social/@PhilStooke Maps for download (free PD: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/comm...Cartography.pdf NOTE: everything created by me which I post on UMSF is considered to be in the public domain (NOT CC, public domain) |
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Jan 13 2011, 11:41 PM
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So, this is Luis de Torres...
( named after http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_de_Torres ) ... and it looks like being Oppy's first science target here. In an email, Scott told me: "Yesterday, we sequenced a 5-degree turn in place with the goal of hitting the rock to the right of that split that runs down its middle." ... which would be roughly at "B"
"Anyway, once we're in position ... we start the long campaign of pre-RAT recon, RAT, and post-RAT recon, including a MB integration lasting through conjunction (I think). "I don't *think* we're heading further down the ramp pre-conjunction." Ok, so it looks like we're going to be looking at this plate for quite a while then. Time to throw down the picnic rug, get the flasks and sandwiches out, and make ourselves comfortable... :-) -------------------- |
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Jan 13 2011, 11:48 PM
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And NO ants!!!
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Jan 14 2011, 12:56 AM
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Thanks for the update, Stu. (So, what's A on your pic?)
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Jan 14 2011, 02:04 AM
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No ants, maybe, but these blueberries are a pain to sit on for very long!
 -------------------- My Grandpa goes to Mars every day and all I get are these lousy T-shirts!
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Jan 14 2011, 06:25 AM
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QUOTE (fredk @ Jan 14 2011, 12:56 AM) Thanks for the update, Stu. (So, what's A on your pic?) Nothing. I was just asking Scott roughly which area of the rock they'd be RATting, A or B. -------------------- |
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Jan 14 2011, 03:37 PM
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Some weird n'wonderful rocks around here, folks...
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Wow. Thanks as always for the anaglyphs. We can add to the roster of names "Terreros," "Rodrigo de Jerez" and "Ruiz Garcia".
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