How Much Driving Time? |
How Much Driving Time? |
Jul 18 2005, 04:03 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 153 Joined: 11-December 04 Member No.: 120 |
Does anybody know how much time Oppy actually can spend on driving on a single sol?
I remember that when she travelled from Eagle to Endurance crater it was no more than 1.5 hours per sol (or so), due to power limitations. I have no idea what the current power situation and battery status of Oppy allows these days... |
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Jul 19 2005, 01:36 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14434 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
To enable the IDD to reach the whole of the solar arrays would mean making it three times bigger and three times heavier. It wouldnt fit.
Doug |
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Jul 19 2005, 01:54 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 290 Joined: 26-March 04 From: Edam, The Netherlands Member No.: 65 |
QUOTE (djellison @ Jul 19 2005, 01:36 PM) To enable the IDD to reach the whole of the solar arrays would mean making it three times bigger and three times heavier. It wouldnt fit. Doug True. All the options thought trough (and reading GL's articles) it might not have been such a good idea for MER after all. It seems to work out fine indeed with the nowadays array output in mind (which is purely due to being lucky). It might be an option for future missions without RTG's however. What about Phoenix ? Still 2 years till lanch window....and we're talking about a pretty tight energy budget up in the shivvvvvering north. |
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