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Roby72 View Member Profile	Sep 20 2006, 05:17 PM Post #1
Member Group: Members Posts: 121 Joined: 26-June 04 From: Austria Member No.: 89	Hello all ! The next steps described by Steve : http://athena.cornell.edu/news/mubss/ Interesting new software capabilities also ! Robert PS: new topic because Duck Bay is the point where Oppys pancams should take the ultimate shot of Victoria

paxdan View Member Profile	Sep 20 2006, 05:40 PM Post #2
Member Group: Members Posts: 562 Joined: 29-March 05 Member No.: 221	bingo But I'm not really going to feel like we've "reached" Victora Crater until that first big Pancam picture of it is on the ground. Stay tuned.

Oren Iishi View Member Profile	Sep 20 2006, 07:44 PM Post #3
Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 21 Joined: 5-July 06 Member No.: 955	QUOTE (Roby72 @ Sep 20 2006, 05:17 PM) Hello all ! The next steps described by Steve : http://athena.cornell.edu/news/mubss/ Interesting new software capabilities also ! Robert PS: new topic because Duck Bay is the point where Oppys pancams should take the ultimate shot of Victoria Can someone throw up a picture of Victoria and point out this "duck bay"? Thanks, you guys are the best!

Nirgal View Member Profile	Sep 20 2006, 07:54 PM Post #4
Member Group: Members Posts: 713 Joined: 30-March 05 Member No.: 223	QUOTE (paxdan @ Sep 20 2006, 07:40 PM) bingo But I'm not really going to feel like we've "reached" Victora Crater until that first big Pancam picture of it is on the ground. Stay tuned. exactly my feeling too ... hope they take all the time necessary to test the new software as thouroughly as possible before doing the big rim-dance Looks like Steve's words do show quite a bit nervousness about this (major) Software upgrade: QUOTE You have to proceed carefully when you're dealing with new flight software. ... All of this software has been thoroughly tested on Earth, of course, but today is the first time we've used it on Mars. It's good to see everything working the way it's supposed to so far. ... but so far everything looks very good with new SW !

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QUOTE (Roby72 @ Sep 21 2006, 03:17 AM)

PS: new topic because Duck Bay is the point where Oppys pancams should take the ultimate shot of Victoria

No, read it again. Duck Bay is where Oppy will arrive and take navcams and pancams of the two capes on each side. Then, on one of those capes the 'Ulitimate Pan' will be taken.

QUOTE (Oren Iishi @ Sep 21 2006, 05:44 AM)

Can someone throw up a picture of Victoria and point out this "duck bay"? Thanks, you guys are the best!

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centsworth_II View Member Profile	Sep 20 2006, 11:39 PM Post #7
Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2173 Joined: 28-December 04 From: Florida, USA Member No.: 132	QUOTE We'll have to tiptoe up to Duck Bay pretty carefully; if those images of the far side are any indicator, it [may] drop off pretty steeply! -- Steve Squyres No kidding! No blind drives here! Fixed distance drives as far as can be clearly seen and then hit the parking brake!

DFinfrock View Member Profile	Sep 21 2006, 12:23 AM Post #8
Member Group: Members Posts: 166 Joined: 20-September 05 From: North Texas Member No.: 503	"We'll have to tiptoe up to Duck Bay pretty carefully; if those images of the far side are any indicator, it may drop off pretty steeply! We'll shoot some Navcam and a bit of Pancam from there, pick either Cape Verde or Cabo Frio for the big Pancam pan, and then start moving into position. " -- Steve Squyres My vote is to do the big Pancam pan from Cape Verde. That would park Oppy almost beneath the Beacon, and provide a truly spectacular view in every direction. David

RNeuhaus View Member Profile	Sep 21 2006, 01:24 AM Post #9
Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1636 Joined: 9-May 05 From: Lima, Peru Member No.: 385	A funny theme: The rovers are getting older, but they're suddenly a whole lot smarter. Hope that Oppy would obey to JPL commands to stop exactly 50 cms before to tiptoe on rim of Duck Bay. Nervous...what happens if the metric conversion from inch to cms is wrong or the new loadad flight software has a bug! then Oppy might go into a pretty steep. Rodolfo

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Duck Bay? Could this be a reference to the Near Rim Team Mascot?????

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ustrax View Member Profile	Sep 21 2006, 08:49 AM Post #11
Special Cookie Group: Members Posts: 2168 Joined: 6-April 05 From: Sintra \| Portugal Member No.: 228	QUOTE (lyford @ Sep 21 2006, 04:07 AM) Duck Bay? Could this be a reference to the Near Rim Team Mascot????? That I don't know... What I do know is that Mr. Squyres received one of this sometime ago... -------------------- "Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied, "If you seek for Eldorado!" Edgar Alan Poe

Tman View Member Profile	Sep 21 2006, 09:35 AM Post #12
Member Group: Members Posts: 877 Joined: 7-March 05 From: Switzerland Member No.: 186	QUOTE (lyford @ Sep 21 2006, 05:07 AM) Duck Bay? Could this be a reference to the Near Rim Team Mascot????? You mean that is the prize! Very very neat..., eh..., hey that WOULD be really cool if so! Not only the rovers get smarter... -------------------- Peter MER filename decoding into local true solar time - MSL clock and filename decoding

ustrax View Member Profile	Sep 21 2006, 09:52 AM Post #13
Special Cookie Group: Members Posts: 2168 Joined: 6-April 05 From: Sintra \| Portugal Member No.: 228	QUOTE (Tman @ Sep 21 2006, 10:35 AM) You mean that is the prize! Very very neat..., eh..., hey that WOULD be really cool if so! Not only the rovers get smarter... Do you see any Sponge Bay around?...I don't... -------------------- "Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied, "If you seek for Eldorado!" Edgar Alan Poe

Bill Harris View Member Profile	Sep 21 2006, 09:53 AM Post #14
Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2998 Joined: 30-October 04 Member No.: 105	How about this-- Duck Bay ? --Bill -------------------- Dawn-- Ceres Pluto Encounter Rosetta Mission

ustrax View Member Profile	Sep 21 2006, 10:07 AM Post #15
Special Cookie Group: Members Posts: 2168 Joined: 6-April 05 From: Sintra \| Portugal Member No.: 228	"...naming prominent features along the rim after places visited by the Victoria during the first circumnavigation of the Earth." Steve Squyres Did anyone find a relation between Duck Bay and Magellan's voyage?...I didn't...There is one (Baía dos Patos) in Santa Catarina (Brazil) but I don't know if the expedition passed there... -------------------- "Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied, "If you seek for Eldorado!" Edgar Alan Poe

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