Paolo's Plunge, First dip into Victoria |
Paolo's Plunge, First dip into Victoria |
Sep 11 2007, 07:53 AM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 4279 Joined: 19-April 05 From: .br at .es Member No.: 253 |
Hi all,
Like every morning, I've just checked the latest info on the pancam web looking for the current and immediate future imaging plan and ... Stay tuned and start Alt-F5'ing the exploratorium page at 19:35 UTC or so because today might be the day. Sol 1291 is a driving sol! |
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Sep 11 2007, 09:35 AM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 2262 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Melbourne - Oz Member No.: 16 |
I think your right Tesh.
This line is telling: CODE 01291::p2360::12::16::0::0::16::2::34::pancam_mid_drive_4x1_L257R2 A colour pancam mosaic mid-drive, very unusual. Looks like we are going to see a repeat of sol 133 at Endurance; get all six wheels in, take some pictures, then back right out again. Hold on to your seats... -------------------- |
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Sep 11 2007, 09:42 AM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Not going to make a huge deal out of it... many moving and powerful words will be written elsewhere today about both the event itself and the anniversary... but I think it will be very fitting, in a way, if Oppy drives into VC today, carrying with her a small piece of one of the Twin Towers, as described in Steve's excellent book.
Hope no-one minds me pointing that out, but I thought we should mark the anniversary in some way. Right, go get 'em Oppy! We're with you! -------------------- |
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Sep 11 2007, 09:58 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 710 Joined: 28-September 04 Member No.: 99 |
That's a picture from Spirit.
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Sep 11 2007, 10:03 AM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
I know it is, thanks, but both rovers carry a piece, and that's the best view I've found of one of them so far.
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Sep 11 2007, 01:21 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 136 Joined: 13-October 05 From: Malibu, CA Member No.: 527 |
...I think it will be very fitting, in a way, if Oppy drives into VC today, carrying with her a small piece of one of the Twin Towers, as described in Steve's excellent book. Wow... I did not know that, Stu - 'twould indeed be most fitting. Thanks for noting this little known (probably) fact.
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Sep 11 2007, 02:04 PM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 4763 Joined: 15-March 05 From: Glendale, AZ Member No.: 197 |
The WTC metal is the plate attached to the back of the RAT motor casing with the US flag on it.
EDIT just noticed Stu's image above. -------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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Sep 11 2007, 02:20 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Yep, that's the one, as labelled on the pic in my original posting.
The story of how those pieces of the WTC came to be on Mars is one of the most moving parts of the "Roving Mars" book, in my opinion, gives a very human dimension to the mission. -------------------- |
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Sep 11 2007, 03:58 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 213 Joined: 21-January 07 From: Wigan, England Member No.: 1638 |
Wow... I did not know that, Stu - 'twould indeed be most fitting. Thanks for noting this little known (probably) fact. The RAT WTC memorial was discussed at length on NASA TV by the RAT team in 2004, so I'm not sure one could consider it a little-known fact. The builder of the RAT was Honeybee Robotics -- their offices are just a few blocks from the WTC site. -------------------- "I got a call from NASA Headquarters wanting a color picture of Venus. I said, “What color would you like it?” - Laurance R. Doyle, former JPL image processing guy
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Sep 11 2007, 08:15 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 4279 Joined: 19-April 05 From: .br at .es Member No.: 253 |
Given this fhazcam image and this other one from the rhazcam, I think we are actually on top of the drift. Edited: In the same fhazcam we can see the tracks telling that Opportunity got at least its front wheels on the slope. PS: I'm replying here on "Back to work" to keep this one as the active thread. |
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Sep 11 2007, 08:32 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 530 Joined: 21-March 06 From: Canada Member No.: 721 |
Looks that way to me too, and makes sense to test the driveability of the ripple before contemplating any movement into the crater. See if there are traction issues that could affect backing out.
Brian |
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Sep 11 2007, 08:44 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 3431 Joined: 11-August 04 From: USA Member No.: 98 |
It looks like the drift is not an issue. That's great news.
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Sep 11 2007, 08:53 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 877 Joined: 7-March 05 From: Switzerland Member No.: 186 |
Yeah, though it seems Oppy got a bit slippage while driving back, but it's not a problem I think.
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Sep 11 2007, 08:57 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 4279 Joined: 19-April 05 From: .br at .es Member No.: 253 |
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Sep 11 2007, 09:14 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 239 Joined: 20-April 05 From: Bruxelles, Belgium Member No.: 278 |
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