The western route, 5th leg after stop at Absecon / Reeds Bay |
The western route, 5th leg after stop at Absecon / Reeds Bay |
Jul 11 2009, 05:57 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 4279 Joined: 19-April 05 From: .br at .es Member No.: 253 |
Time for a new thread.
After moving southwards for ages, the "detour" by the western path has started with a 60+ meters drive on sol 1942. There are no images yet --they should be available on the next update-- so this image was calculated solely based on the rover's mobility info. I'll update the route map later. |
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Sep 8 2009, 06:29 AM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8784 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Correct; was making a bad UMSF-related joke, sorry!
What I meant was that perhaps the additional weathering on the left side of BI (from this perspective) was caused by the meteorite's passage through the atmosphere during impact rather then long-term exposure to Martian surface winds. It's difficult to be completely sure, though surface wind erosion over a long period of time does seem more plausible. A look at the underside of the rock would be revealing, but of course it's far too massive for Oppy to move by any means. Just a minor mystery that might not be decisively solved for a few hundred years... -------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Sep 8 2009, 03:42 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 507 Joined: 10-September 08 Member No.: 4338 |
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Sep 8 2009, 03:49 PM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 4763 Joined: 15-March 05 From: Glendale, AZ Member No.: 197 |
The rover might possibly be able to rotate it in place (a yawing movement) by pushing on one side. Not a chance. -------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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