The West Valley Route |
The West Valley Route |
Mar 18 2009, 12:00 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 4279 Joined: 19-April 05 From: .br at .es Member No.: 253 |
Here're the latest navcam pictures taken during sol 1850: http://nasa.exploratorium.edu/mars/spirit/navcam/2009-03-18/
Spirit is no longer stuck, but I think the attempt to go on top of HP via the NE path is finished and we are going to the West Valley. A pancam mosaic of the western route is planned for tosol. |
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Mar 30 2009, 05:48 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1229 Joined: 24-December 05 From: The blue one in between the yellow and red ones. Member No.: 618 |
...peeled and perspicacious, Paolo!
Unless we spot some dusty puddles in our path, I'd say we should just brush the edge of the HP talus exposures with our 'easterly wheels' (starboard side?). There the fine sediments should be shallowest - least likely to swallow us up - and keep us close to the HP strata we want to study. Of course, it's possible that some PIs will want to plow up the deep sand in the middle of West Valley looking for 'delicious siliceous deposits'. (De gustibus non disputandum est.) But if we get bogged down, we should all be allowed to say "We told you so!" -------------------- My Grandpa goes to Mars every day and all I get are these lousy T-shirts!
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