Stroupe's Slide |
Stroupe's Slide |
Jan 4 2008, 07:20 AM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14434 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
Paolo's got his plunge over at Meridiani....and thanks to Ashley's driving, we now have - Stroupe's Slide here at Gusev. It took an email or two to figure out the best alliteration for it. Somehow 'Ashley's Favorable Incline' didn't quite scan, and Home Plate North is just so..dull. And where better to slide, than home plate! Even after as much careful planning ( that some suggested was too conservative ) it was still a major effort to get Spirit safe in time - so kudos to Ashley Stroupe and her colleagues for dealing with a couple of Mars jet-lagged weeks and giving us a shot at celebrating a 5th Martian Birthday.
Get comfortable, we may be here some time Doug |
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Feb 21 2008, 08:15 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 4256 Joined: 17-January 05 Member No.: 152 |
They've definitely seriously considered the West Valley to the west of HP as a route south next spring - recall all the imaging they did of it on the way here. But it's really just a question of drivability. They wouldn't want to follow West Valley if there was risk of getting bogged down there Tartarus-style, so they may prefer instead to follow the easily-drivable top of HP to its south end. I think it's unlikely they'd make it back up the 30 degree slope to HP here, but recall that they did drive up onto HP just around the corner to the east on sol 1306, with broken wheel, so that may be an option.
QUOTE I was interested to read in a recent comment by Steve Squyres that he expected Spirit to find some more silica deposits. Do you have a link to where he wrote this?
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