Post-Conjunction at Home Plate North, Getting ready to leave |
Post-Conjunction at Home Plate North, Getting ready to leave |
Dec 15 2008, 07:12 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 2262 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Melbourne - Oz Member No.: 16 |
Conjunction is over, so it is probably a good time to start a new thread.
I just saw this update from Scott via Twitter QUOTE ('marsroverdriver') Out of solar conjunction & planning to drive Spirit again. Woo-hoo! Come on, little hill-climber, you can do it! -------------------- |
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Jan 5 2009, 06:29 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 530 Joined: 21-March 06 From: Canada Member No.: 721 |
On the other side of the planet, there seems to be a high level of confidence that the purgatoids can be identified and avoided, or should embedding occur, that the rover can be easily extracted. Does that same confidence exist with Spirit's "purgatoids", such as Tyrone or Tartarus? Can areas of likely or even possible embedding due to the dragging wheel be identified before being driven into?
Also, why not put the stuck wheel in front? Would this not give earlier warning of increased resistance to movement while the driving wheels are still on fairly solid ground? |
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