4th leg in the trek to Endeavour, After science stop @ Kasos |
4th leg in the trek to Endeavour, After science stop @ Kasos |
May 20 2009, 08:25 AM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 4279 Joined: 19-April 05 From: .br at .es Member No.: 253 |
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Jun 25 2009, 03:21 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 530 Joined: 21-March 06 From: Canada Member No.: 721 |
Is there an official map for the proposed pink route?
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Jun 25 2009, 04:57 AM
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Member Group: Admin Posts: 976 Joined: 29-September 06 From: Pasadena, CA - USA Member No.: 1200 |
Is there an official map for the proposed pink route? Yes there is, but I will let Tim Parker talk about it. Paolo -------------------- Disclaimer: all opinions, ideas and information included here are my own,and should not be intended to represent opinion or policy of my employer.
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Jun 26 2009, 10:28 PM
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Member Group: Senior Member Posts: 136 Joined: 8-August 06 Member No.: 1022 |
Yes there is, but I will let Tim Parker talk about it. Paolo I'd be happy to talk about it, though I'd like to be sure that the rest of the team, particularly Steve, is okay with it being posted to the public. The primary reason it might not be, if I have this right, is so as not to give the impression that we're bound to a particular path - that we wouldn't be flexible if we found something unexpected (either about the terrain or the vehicle). But yes, the engineers asked us to look into a westward route around the purgatories. I had, some time ago (like many of you), but at the time I think we all thought that the bigger concern was number of wheel rotations, not total mileage. Now, it looks like time is a bigger factor, and projections are that even though this is a longer drive, it's potentially simpler and thus less time-consuming than going through the "Isthmus". -Tim. |
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Jun 28 2009, 12:05 AM
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Member Group: Admin Posts: 976 Joined: 29-September 06 From: Pasadena, CA - USA Member No.: 1200 |
I'd be happy to talk about it, though I'd like to be sure that the rest of the team, particularly Steve, is okay with it being posted to the public. The primary reason it might not be, if I have this right, is so as not to give the impression that we're bound to a particular path - that we wouldn't be flexible if we found something unexpected (either about the terrain or the vehicle). ... Tim, I did not mean to put you in the hot spot. This is exactly what I meant to say. We don't want to get into trouble for releasing information! Paolo -------------------- Disclaimer: all opinions, ideas and information included here are my own,and should not be intended to represent opinion or policy of my employer.
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Jun 28 2009, 01:36 AM
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Member Group: Senior Member Posts: 136 Joined: 8-August 06 Member No.: 1022 |
Tim, I did not mean to put you in the hot spot. This is exactly what I meant to say. We don't want to get into trouble for releasing information! Paolo No worries Paolo. I don't think we'd get in trouble for releasing information, just if we mean one thing and had it misinterpreted, is all. Does that make any sense? See you on Mars! -Tim. |
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