To the Cape!, Quackmire and arm troubles |
To the Cape!, Quackmire and arm troubles |
Mar 31 2008, 12:16 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14434 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
"Hey folks! I’m on-duty with Opportunity this week and it’s going to be pretty exciting. We are in the process of driving the rover over to the wall of Cape Verde to study the layers of rocks there in much greater detail. I will be posting updates all week with the spectacular new pictures that we should be receiving. Stay tuned, it’s going to be a pretty cool week!"
Thanks for the update Ryan : http://martianchronicles.wordpress.com/200...ng-to-the-cape/ I wonder how close they'll get. I think no closer than the height projected from it's base ( i.e. 45 degrees ) |
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Apr 15 2008, 10:17 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Having heard Steve S talking on this week's Planetary Radio show, I think it's v v unlikely there'll be any rolling of any dice. He was adamant that VC will NOT be Oppy's final resting place, that she has a lot more work to do outside, back up on the plains. For those who didn't hear the show yet - I say "yet" because everyone should go over to Emily's blog and download the show asap - SS said that they are looking at two possible "campaigns" for Oppy, post-VC. #1: "The Cobble Campaign", where Oppy would re-trace some of her tracks and go back and examine some of the interesting cobbles, stones and meteorites she scooted past in her haste to reach VC. SS said that the "Cobbles" are a very diverse mix, in great contrast to the bedrock seen by Oppy. Some are meteorites, some are ejecta from craters a long way away, and so represent samples of material deeper beneath the surface of Meridiani than seen elsewhere and so far by Oppy. He would like Oppy to go back and take a good close look at these to learn more about the sub-surface of Mars. Campaign #2 would be to go and find some more outcrops of rock and features where water came to the surface.
So, I think that if it comes down to a choice between a glorious game of Rover Roulette and a tactical if grudging withdrawl from VC, I think they'll go with the latter. -------------------- |
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