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 20 2005, 05:16 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1636 Joined: 9-May 05 From: Lima, Peru Member No.: 385 |
About how much time driving will have MERx? No one know sure about the end of date. I think the end of driving time is due to others problems such as an example: low level of Cobalt 57 and other mechanical fatigue symptoms.
However, both rovers has lots future, Oppy with long expected to visit the Victoria's crater and Spirit ones with the Abismal Aleluya -not sure-? The most probably to reach Victoria's crater is by the end of the year and to the abismal by the end of August. After this, all team will start to work for Phoenix and MSL projects. I speculate that they will stop driving by the the first month of 2006... who will bet for this.... Rodolfo |
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Jul 20 2005, 08:14 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 128 Joined: 5-May 04 Member No.: 74 |
QUOTE (RNeuhaus @ Jul 20 2005, 05:16 PM) Oppy with long expected to visit the Victoria's crater Not really: "I think Victoria crater's out of reach. I don't think we're going to get there. It's a nice thing to dream about, but boy, it's far away." - Steve Squyres |
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Jul 20 2005, 08:35 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1636 Joined: 9-May 05 From: Lima, Peru Member No.: 385 |
QUOTE (ToSeek @ Jul 20 2005, 03:14 PM) Not really: "I think Victoria crater's out of reach. I don't think we're going to get there. It's a nice thing to dream about, but boy, it's far away." - Steve Squyres Good note from ToSeek, It is very difficult to bet about how long will the MER be driving. There are many influences knowing that the MER personnel will stay working until thru 2006: 1) Accident, hope that any MER won't have any more accident. No beer drinking. 2) Tau atmosphere transparency, no one can predict it with advance. 3) Electrical charged dust devil hits the MER, it can damage the electric circuit. Spirit is safeguarded by the Columbia Hill and Oppy is on a free dust devil zone? 4) Broke the motor wheel, both have little problem with actuator drive motor? 5) Low level of cobalt 57, specially to Spirit. Around the Columbia Hill there are lots of interesting stones....and hope Oppy' ones will worn out fast when it reaches on Erberus outcrops. 6) A metorite will hit it. It might occur and if it is true, it would be unbelieving. 7) what else it might stop them? Rodolfo |
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