Extricating Spirit, Digging out from Troy |
Extricating Spirit, Digging out from Troy |
Nov 7 2009, 04:13 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 239 Joined: 18-December 07 From: New York Member No.: 3982 |
5 downsampled navcam frames from sol 2078 are down. Someone might want to make an animation.
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Jan 30 2010, 12:14 AM
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#902
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 15 Joined: 21-January 10 Member No.: 5183 |
Well, I return from a micro holiday (Australia Day), floating for hours down the Murray River on a lilo, and the "stationary science platform" media release awaits me.
Ah well, I suppose all good things must come to an end. I find it ironic that this decision occurs - after start of an (seemingly) amazing recovery discovered by finding the reverse gear! These sentiments are echoed elsewhere on this topic. There are hints however, that next year, they may try to move it again - fingers crossed - especially if over the next few weeks of "position[ing] itself to combat the severe Martian winter..." it should pop up and out of it's current sand trap and over onto firmer terrain. I note the ideas about positioning the arm/camera to be a visible indication of 'alive status' to the HiRise camera. Wouldn't a heartbeat 'beep' use less power and be a more reliable status indicator? Q1) Was there any official word or hypothesis on the (temporarily) resurrected wheel that was in action briefly only a week or so ago? Reasoning for it rejuvenation / demise? Q2) Is there a site where the rover power levels/telemetry is visible? (I recall seeing sites where live system data was available for a satellite (I think) voltage levels / telemetry etc.... like this): http://www-istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/windnrt/ |
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