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jamescanvin
post Dec 15 2008, 07:12 PM
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Conjunction is over, so it is probably a good time to start a new thread.

I just saw this update from Scott via Twitter

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Out of solar conjunction & planning to drive Spirit again. Woo-hoo! Come on, little hill-climber, you can do it!


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sci44
post Dec 31 2008, 11:11 PM
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I was wondering - as you know, Spirit is trying to climb up a fairly steep slope. Looking at the direction of the dust streaks as it appears to "clear", could that be consistant with mechanical vibration aiding the clearance, or is that not possible - so this is purely the wind doing the work? To what extent could the clearing be an optical illusion - ie, when there is bright light fully reflected by the panels, they appear dusty, when not, the dusty patterns on the dark panels stand out..

Just my 2 cents..
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post Dec 31 2008, 11:43 PM
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I was wondering if the dust movement was caused by a Marsquake.
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Fran Ontanaya
post Jan 1 2009, 12:15 AM
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But Mars crust is dead, and probably a quake strong enough to shake the rover would make a lot of dust go airborne over Gusev.

A very small vibration can't be the solution, or that shaking mode they tried to clean the MiniTES mirror would have been enough.
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- jamescanvin   Post-Conjunction at Home Plate North   Dec 15 2008, 07:12 PM
- - mhoward   QUOTE (jamescanvin @ Dec 15 2008, 12:12 P...   Dec 15 2008, 07:32 PM
- - fredk   Still no new images at exploratorium, though. I h...   Dec 15 2008, 08:07 PM
|- - mhoward   Hmmm. Good point.   Dec 15 2008, 08:16 PM
|- - RoverDriver   QUOTE (fredk @ Dec 15 2008, 12:07 PM) Sti...   Dec 15 2008, 09:18 PM
- - dvandorn   OK, I'll admit my ignorance -- what was wrong ...   Dec 16 2008, 05:39 AM
|- - centsworth_II   QUOTE (dvandorn @ Dec 16 2008, 12:39 AM) ...   Dec 16 2008, 06:39 AM
|- - RoverDriver   QUOTE (centsworth_II @ Dec 15 2008, 10:39...   Dec 16 2008, 03:21 PM
- - climber   How much do we have to drive to get the solar pane...   Dec 16 2008, 03:25 PM
|- - RoverDriver   QUOTE (climber @ Dec 16 2008, 07:25 AM) H...   Dec 16 2008, 04:32 PM
- - peter59   Everything indicates that we are after the solar c...   Dec 16 2008, 09:17 PM
|- - mars loon   I just got word from a team member that signal has...   Dec 16 2008, 09:30 PM
|- - mhoward   We've already heard that about seven posts up,...   Dec 16 2008, 09:47 PM
- - fredk   We were doing around 170 Whrs before conjunction, ...   Dec 16 2008, 11:38 PM
- - peter59   Unfortunately, rover is increasingly pushed to the...   Dec 22 2008, 08:54 PM
|- - RoverDriver   QUOTE (peter59 @ Dec 22 2008, 12:54 PM) U...   Dec 22 2008, 11:21 PM
- - alan   If they get all three wheels on the left side onto...   Dec 22 2008, 11:05 PM
|- - RoverDriver   QUOTE (alan @ Dec 22 2008, 03:05 PM) If t...   Dec 22 2008, 11:26 PM
- - OWW   Is it my imagination? Or, or, or.... could it rea...   Dec 28 2008, 10:06 AM
- - Tesheiner   Wow! I was coming here to add a post about the...   Dec 28 2008, 10:12 AM
- - Tesheiner   Got it! Here's two shots at this same poin...   Dec 28 2008, 10:29 AM
|- - Oersted   Those two pics in Tesheiners posting make it prett...   Dec 28 2008, 10:46 PM
- - Astro0   Doug blowing out those 30 candles may have made a ...   Dec 28 2008, 10:53 AM
- - akuo   Yay! Definitely not a trick of light since yo...   Dec 28 2008, 11:02 AM
|- - helvick   Looks like a significant change to me, can't w...   Dec 28 2008, 11:53 AM
- - sci44   You see? Gluing on a mince-pie, glass of sherry an...   Dec 28 2008, 12:06 PM
- - BrianL   Back to the bump, which I perceive as intentionall...   Dec 28 2008, 04:50 PM
- - imipak   Is it my imagination or does the dust look a bit t...   Dec 28 2008, 05:05 PM
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|- - hortonheardawho   QUOTE (Oersted @ Dec 29 2008, 06:29 PM) B...   Dec 30 2008, 12:10 AM
|- - jamescanvin   QUOTE (hortonheardawho @ Dec 30 2008, 12...   Dec 31 2008, 02:00 PM
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|- - RoverDriver   QUOTE (jamescanvin @ Dec 31 2008, 07:55 A...   Dec 31 2008, 04:04 PM
- - sci44   I was wondering - as you know, Spirit is trying to...   Dec 31 2008, 11:11 PM
|- - PaulM   I was wondering if the dust movement was caused by...   Dec 31 2008, 11:43 PM
|- - Fran Ontanaya   But Mars crust is dead, and probably a quake stron...   Jan 1 2009, 12:15 AM
|- - PaulM   QUOTE (Fran Ontanaya @ Jan 1 2009, 12:15 ...   Jan 1 2009, 12:51 AM
|- - Fran Ontanaya   There must be a minimum seismic level the MER can ...   Jan 1 2009, 08:41 AM
|- - djellison   QUOTE (Fran Ontanaya @ Jan 1 2009, 08:41 ...   Jan 1 2009, 11:56 AM
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|- - fredk   QUOTE (Ipparchus @ Jan 5 2009, 12:11 PM) ...   Jan 5 2009, 09:13 PM
|- - djellison   QUOTE (fredk @ Jan 5 2009, 09:13 PM) it h...   Jan 5 2009, 09:54 PM
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|- - mhoward   QUOTE (djellison @ Jan 5 2009, 07:56 AM) ...   Jan 5 2009, 03:05 PM
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|- - djellison   QUOTE (BrianL @ Jan 5 2009, 06:29 PM) Als...   Jan 5 2009, 06:41 PM
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- - djellison   I tend to describe it as a puppy dragging a broken...   Jan 5 2009, 07:17 PM
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|- - Stu   QUOTE (djellison @ Jan 5 2009, 07:17 PM) ...   Jan 5 2009, 10:21 PM
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- - CosmicRocker   QUOTE (mhoward @ Jan 5 2009, 07:38 AM) Th...   Jan 6 2009, 04:41 AM
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- - djellison   In some places less, in some places more - I think...   Jan 9 2009, 09:52 PM
|- - ElkGroveDan   But a good sign nonetheless. Now if we get a few ...   Jan 9 2009, 10:15 PM
- - djellison   Oh yeah. We're at 'cleaning time' in ...   Jan 9 2009, 10:20 PM
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