Extricating Spirit, Digging out from Troy |
Extricating Spirit, Digging out from Troy |
Nov 7 2009, 04:13 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 239 Joined: 18-December 07 From: New York Member No.: 3982 |
5 downsampled navcam frames from sol 2078 are down. Someone might want to make an animation.
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Nov 13 2009, 01:43 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 267 Joined: 5-February 06 Member No.: 675 |
Good point, Astro0, and I actually thought about that after posting. How about MER-xxx? Then we'd have MF, MB, ML, & MR. (Boy; I have no life, do I?) Sailors long ago came up with names for vehicle-referenced directions: fore/forward and aft/astern, port and starboard. I've even heard port and starboard used for aircraft. Steve M |
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Nov 13 2009, 01:46 PM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8784 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Yeah, thought about nautical terminology as well, and that'd be fine, too.
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Nov 13 2009, 03:33 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 4252 Joined: 17-January 05 Member No.: 152 |
you can almost convince yourself you can see the crater as a depression, can't you? I would say the crater is clearly visible - no convincing necessary! I was even able to match details of the size, shape, and topography with the contour map. Notice for example the "channel" running out of the crater to the NNW. (It shows up on the contour map as blue.) Look at Ant's original anaglyph to see it more clearly.QUOTE I guess it could have been a lot worse; if Spirit had driven further in, and not just sank in on one side, I think the game would already be over. Exactly! I was thinking the same thing. Looking at those images, there's nothing (apart from the crater shape and hindsight) to suggest danger in the crater. I think the plan was to get over to the "sidewalk" beside HP, and that may have saved us from certain doom. |
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Nov 14 2009, 02:53 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 877 Joined: 7-March 05 From: Switzerland Member No.: 186 |
May interest some people ....... just posted a version 3 of the Sol 2002 (Aug21st) sunset movie on YouTube with the sun continuously tracking down to give a more realistic effect. Will do some final corrections/colour adjustments on a V4 soon. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZtWGy0XcCQ Sorry of the late reply. That's a nice idea. The moving sun looks very realistic. Beside the colour adjustements you could yet implement the local true time generating with http://www.greuti.ch/oppy/html/filenames_ltst.htm -------------------- |
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Nov 14 2009, 05:14 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 29 Joined: 12-February 04 Member No.: 29 |
Does anyone know where I can find an mp3 file of the Nov 12 teleconference?
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Nov 15 2009, 12:12 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 237 Joined: 22-December 07 From: Alice Springs, N.T. Australia Member No.: 3989 |
colour adjustements ... local true time generating Thanks Peter - good ideas and also going to do a few more things for v4. A sort of learning experiment!!! Did it away from home under time pressure and didn't have your v. useful corrected time page bookmarked on my favourites. But I have bookmarked it right now . Currently working on another Oppy navcam 'panorama' - Sol 2058. They are a real challenge and great fun to do. |
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Nov 16 2009, 05:06 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 90 Joined: 23-February 09 From: Edmonton, Alberta Member No.: 4611 |
"@marsroverdriver Showtime! #FreeSpirit 3 minutes ago from Twitterrific"
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Nov 16 2009, 05:31 PM
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We might see the first images at exploratorium in the next hour then.
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Nov 16 2009, 05:44 PM
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Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 5172 Joined: 4-August 05 From: Pasadena, CA, USA, Earth Member No.: 454 |
IIRC at the press briefing they said the commands would be executed late Monday evening, Pasadena time -- or maybe that was when the downlink would happen. Perhaps "Showtime" referred to the uplink?
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Nov 16 2009, 05:44 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2173 Joined: 28-December 04 From: Florida, USA Member No.: 132 |
We might see the first images at exploratorium in the next hour then. The commands go up tonight, the pictures come down early Tuesday morning. I'm guessing this is all California time. Right now, Spirit time is early evening, so the rover still has a full night's rest ahead before the big day on Mars. |
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Nov 16 2009, 05:53 PM
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confused
Juggling 3 different time zones here |
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Nov 16 2009, 05:56 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2173 Joined: 28-December 04 From: Florida, USA Member No.: 132 |
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Nov 16 2009, 06:02 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2173 Joined: 28-December 04 From: Florida, USA Member No.: 132 |
Juggling 3 different time zones here If we knew what time Spirit was programmed to move, Spirit time, you could just check the "Spirit time" link I posted. Noon Spirit time is still almost 17 hours away. But I don't know if Spirit will move before or after that.
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Nov 16 2009, 06:08 PM
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Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 5172 Joined: 4-August 05 From: Pasadena, CA, USA, Earth Member No.: 454 |
Sorry to have added to the confusion. It's now late evening Spirit time as centsworth pointed out; driving action can be expected at noon give or take a few hours Mars time, which is some time in the wee hours of the morning California time. Unconfused yet?
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Nov 16 2009, 07:38 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 252 Joined: 27-April 05 Member No.: 365 |
I imagine 'Showtime' meant the commands were transmitted. As for expected movement, I think they'll be happy to see a fraction of a centimeter and no drift in a bad direction.
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