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 6 2009, 04:41 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2228 Joined: 1-December 04 From: Marble Falls, Texas, USA Member No.: 116 |
The interesting question is, could she now make it up the slope slightly to the east? Hard to say. If you are talking about the sol 768 location (the second place Spirit climbed onto Home Plate), I think it would be worth trying before going all the way to Silica Valley for an attempt. Even though Spirit had the use of all six wheels when she climbed up on sol 768, the slope appears to be moderate. Attached is a MMB anaglyph panorama of the approach showing the rover's track.-------------------- ...Tom
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