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, 11:11 AM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 44 Joined: 25-February 08 From: Greece, Komotini Member No.: 4055 |
I `d like to propose a route for Spirit, that I think, could possibly make her arrive to Goddard and Von Braun easier and faster. Spirit could drive down the slope she is on, then drive west following her old tracks and climb on the ramp she used on Sol 755 to arrive on Home Plate. After that, she could easily and fast drive on the good terrain of HP and arrive to the South edge where she could find a good ramp (a low-degree slope) to drive down and continue South until she reaches Goddard or Von Braun (the whole route is represented with a red line). Please, tell me your opinion about this proposed route. I would be grateful to have, also, a comment from Paolo, the Rover Driver! I`m sending you a new (my) version of the great post I found in the site. I hope you like it! Happy Birthday Spirit !!! Astonish us more times than you have done before!
-------------------- "It`s one small step for a man. A giant leap for all mankind!" Armstrong, Apollo 11, 1969.
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Jan 5 2009, 09:13 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 4260 Joined: 17-January 05 Member No.: 152 |
Spirit could drive down the slope she is on, then drive west following her old tracks and climb on the ramp she used on Sol 755 to arrive on Home Plate. For a long time I've considered myself in the "if we can't get onto HP here, drive down and try to climb onto HP somewhere else" camp (is it actually a camp?!). As others have pointed out, we've done it before with five wheels, on sol 1306. Remember why we chose this spot at the edge of HP for our winter haven: it had the steepest slope! So it's not surprizing it's hard to get up here. Almost anywhere else should be easier to climb onto HP. And there are spots that would be much easier. I guess I'm driven by fear of getting bogged down in West Valley. Also it's a matter of time: a route over HP would be more likely to get us to von Braun/Goddard before a catastrophic failure. |
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Jan 5 2009, 09:54 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14448 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
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