Last stops around Victoria, before the Long Trek |
Last stops around Victoria, before the Long Trek |
Sep 27 2008, 10:41 AM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 4279 Joined: 19-April 05 From: .br at .es Member No.: 253 |
Let's use this topic for the last stops (Cabo Frio, perhaps?) before Opportunity leave the vicinity of Victoria for good.
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Oct 1 2008, 12:15 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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Oct 1 2008, 01:04 PM
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Forum Contributor Group: Members Posts: 1374 Joined: 8-February 04 From: North East Florida, USA. Member No.: 11 |
Did Oppy just drive 283 meters in two drives ?
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Oct 1 2008, 01:14 PM
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Special Cookie Group: Members Posts: 2168 Joined: 6-April 05 From: Sintra | Portugal Member No.: 228 |
Did Oppy just drive 283 meters in two drives ? Only 11.717 to go! Cool to know that if Oppy kept this average (141.5) everysol she would arrive Endeavour in 82 sols! I'm deliberately not taking into account that we're not driving in a straight path towards the crater...but, optimist as I am I see the 2 year drive as a very conservative timeline... -------------------- "Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied, "If you seek for Eldorado!"
Edgar Alan Poe |
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Oct 1 2008, 01:27 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14434 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
if Oppy kept this average (141.5) everysol It took 5 sols to cover that distance. Not two. Two drives - but five sols. And this is just about the best driving terrain we'll ever have, and we wont have it for long ( at this pace ). A fast couple of months, then it's going to be painfull. |
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Oct 1 2008, 03:36 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 530 Joined: 21-March 06 From: Canada Member No.: 721 |
A fast couple of months, then it's going to be painfull. No, it's going to be wonderful. We have a long term goal again and we should savour each and every day that we are given to share on this journey. There will be days of tension and exhilaration, of confusion and outright boredom. We will see frustration for both the "Why are we stopping to look at this?" and the "Why didn't we stop to look at that?" crowds. I picture Tesheiner hunched over at his computer peering at polar projections and trying to match them up to HiRISE pictures to plot locations. I see anaglyphs from Stu of every rock and ripple we pass, with the occasional poem tossed in to keep things in the proper perspective. Our many route mappers will continue to show Paolo and the other drivers the way, and occasionally there will be instances where they will appear to have followed our advice. The image magicians will poke and prod at the handful of pixels that are the distant rim segments to try and pull details out. There might even be another beacon. 82 days? I'm looking forward to months of free entertainment. It doesn't get any better than this. |
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Oct 1 2008, 04:08 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14434 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
No, it's going to be wonderful. Yeah, you were not here for Purgatory ripple. The adventure is wonderfull. The journey great, but, some of the footsteps can be very very painfull indeed. Show of hands for those who enjoyed the stop-over at Purgatory and Olympia......wow - no hands I see what you're saying - but it's not going to be like a path of joy the entire way. Doug |
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Oct 1 2008, 04:25 PM
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Special Cookie Group: Members Posts: 2168 Joined: 6-April 05 From: Sintra | Portugal Member No.: 228 |
I see what you're saying - but it's not going to be like a path of joy the entire way. Great words from BrianL... Wonderful indeed, each and every one of us as part of the original Endeavour crew, facing challenges and delighting us with moments of pure beauty, exploring unroved ground... The journey...the journey! Not the arrival! Doug, it could not possibly be a path of joy the entire way...because, simply, that is not the nature of the Epics! Of course we can think that getting stucked for too many sols is a dreadful think to happen but...at this distance...would the road to Victoria have been the same without Purgatory? Doug, it could not possibly be a path of joy the entire way...because, simply, that is not the nature of the Epics! These require Drama! EDITED: Stu, fantastic poem, but..."rest now little one..."?! I thought you had learned something in the last days about Oppy's powers to surprise us...by then she'll be, not trekking, but flying her way out of Endeavour... marsophile...looks like the first martian attempt to launch a rover towards Earth was successful! -------------------- "Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied, "If you seek for Eldorado!"
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Oct 1 2008, 05:29 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2922 Joined: 14-February 06 From: Very close to the Pyrénées Mountains (France) Member No.: 682 |
The journey...the journey! Not the arrival! Endeavour is SO big that even when we'll "arrive", we'll not be there yet. From now on, it's going to be ONLY a journey Rui, only a journey -------------------- |
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