Southward from San Antonio to the Next Waypoint |
Southward from San Antonio to the Next Waypoint |
  Apr 2 2010, 03:38 AM
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It seems about the right time to start a new thread as we have now turned East to Endeavour.
Hope no one minds... -------------------- -- Robin
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Apr 2 2010, 09:10 PM
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It is indeed kind of tempting to think that we're in "nothing to see here, move along" mode by now. Looks like transit time-wise we're probably still at least an Earth year away from the outskirts of Endeavour, though, and there's got to be a balance between science return during that period vs. the admittedly very exciting possibility of examining phyllosilicates at the end of this road.
Not an easy set of calls to make (it'll be an ongoing process). It's incumbent upon the MER team to make every day of Oppy's mission as scientifically productive as possible, and it's by no means guaranteed that she'll survive to reach Endeavour. Wonder if they're using any sort of systems optimization models to aid their decision making. -------------------- 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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Zeke4ther Southward from San Antonio to the Next Waypoint Apr 2 2010, 03:38 AM
Astro0 OT - but hooray!
Oppy reaches the Sol 2200 mi... Apr 2 2010, 09:09 AM Tesheiner It's ok to move to a new thread but it should ... Apr 2 2010, 05:03 PM ElkGroveDan Based on James' latest ripple hazard map, we n... Apr 2 2010, 06:09 PM
jamescanvin Yeah, I don't think we'll see anything muc... Apr 2 2010, 07:07 PM BrianL I could be wrong, but I don't see them going b... Apr 2 2010, 06:36 PM marsophile Does the lack of ripples in the green region imply... Apr 2 2010, 08:34 PM ElkGroveDan Not necessarily. As I recall Oppy's first cle... Apr 2 2010, 08:55 PM Bobby I think this new start to the drive from Twin Crat... Apr 2 2010, 08:57 PM Stu QUOTE (Bobby @ Apr 2 2010, 09:57 PM) I do... Apr 2 2010, 09:20 PM fredk I think what's happened at San Antonio/Twins i... Apr 2 2010, 09:28 PM marsophile Concepción was interesting enough that we could ha... Apr 2 2010, 09:40 PM climber QUOTE (marsophile @ Apr 2 2010, 11:40 PM)... Apr 2 2010, 09:46 PM Tesheiner QUOTE (marsophile @ Apr 2 2010, 10:34 PM)... Apr 2 2010, 11:16 PM Explorer1 So even if we find the ideal terrain, like at the ... Apr 2 2010, 11:33 PM Tesheiner QUOTE (Explorer1 @ Apr 3 2010, 01:33 AM) ... Apr 3 2010, 09:29 AM fredk Heading south next drive according to Maxwell. Apr 3 2010, 03:21 AM Tesheiner QUOTE (fredk @ Apr 3 2010, 05:21 AM) Head... Apr 4 2010, 08:48 PM brellis thx for the pointer to Scott's blog Apr 3 2010, 12:42 PM climber There's something I'm not sure to understa... Apr 3 2010, 07:54 PM SteveM QUOTE (climber @ Apr 3 2010, 02:54 PM) Th... Apr 3 2010, 09:10 PM Explorer1 I already have it bookmarked, chiefly to wait for ... Apr 3 2010, 07:55 PM climber Thanks Steve, even if this doesn't answer my q... Apr 3 2010, 09:23 PM Floyd What AEGIS catches on a drive-by is the odd rock t... Apr 3 2010, 10:17 PM Bill Harris Agreed. I look at the AEGIS subroutine as a logic... Apr 4 2010, 01:51 AM ElkGroveDan QUOTE (Bill Harris @ Apr 3 2010, 05:51 PM... Apr 4 2010, 02:53 AM CosmicRocker QUOTE (Tesheiner @ Apr 2 2010, 06:16 PM) ... Apr 4 2010, 06:11 AM climber Looking it at a larger scale, it may be possible t... Apr 4 2010, 10:41 AM Bill Harris The ripples are changing because of an increase in... Apr 4 2010, 03:05 PM climber Thank you Bill.
I was talking of a venturi effect ... Apr 4 2010, 03:41 PM eoincampbell Should we then, expect a cleaning event on the bra... Apr 4 2010, 05:42 PM fredk It's worth keeping in mind that the upcoming d... Apr 4 2010, 05:58 PM nprev Whups. Haven't had that happen for awhile, rig... Apr 4 2010, 09:19 PM Stu Word has it Oppy refused to move because the drive... Apr 4 2010, 09:24 PM SFJCody Please don't be a dead wheel, please don't... Apr 5 2010, 09:06 AM Hungry4info Re: SFJCody'
Ahh fudge there went my whole day... Apr 5 2010, 09:39 AM BrianL QUOTE (SFJCody @ Apr 5 2010, 04:06 AM) P... Apr 5 2010, 02:21 PM Sunspot And this isnt a very interesting place to spend th... Apr 5 2010, 10:53 AM PaulM I asked Scott Maxwell the following question on hi... Apr 5 2010, 11:02 AM Tesheiner > So, for now, you should figure that the flat ... Apr 5 2010, 01:49 PM MoreInput QUOTE (Tesheiner @ Apr 5 2010, 02:49 PM) ... Apr 11 2010, 06:04 PM Bill Harris QUOTE the upcoming drop down to Endeavour has a sl... Apr 5 2010, 11:04 AM ElkGroveDan As I recall the wheel current issues were somewhat... Apr 5 2010, 02:47 PM fredk QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Apr 5 2010, 03:47 PM... Apr 5 2010, 03:50 PM Tesheiner QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Apr 5 2010, 04:47 PM... Apr 5 2010, 04:02 PM climber RF is durty but seems been working ok:
Apr 5 2010, 08:01 PM fredk That image is from the previous drive. On 2202 we... Apr 5 2010, 08:29 PM Tesheiner Climber, that's an old picture from about a we... Apr 5 2010, 08:31 PM climber Sorry, 1 m drive, then abort, corresponded too muc... Apr 5 2010, 08:35 PM Tesheiner FWIW, the next drive is on sol 2204 i.e. tomorrow. Apr 5 2010, 09:05 PM JayB looks like we're ok
@marsroverdriver Oppy dro... Apr 6 2010, 12:51 AM Tesheiner Still waiting for the latest pictures to confirm i... Apr 7 2010, 05:50 AM fredk QUOTE (Tesheiner @ Apr 7 2010, 06:50 AM) ... Apr 8 2010, 04:07 AM nprev Hmm. Well, if this is true, then at least the faul... Apr 7 2010, 05:58 AM ElkGroveDan QUOTE (nprev @ Apr 6 2010, 10:58 PM) ....... Apr 8 2010, 03:23 AM BrianL RE: Southward from San Antonio to the Next Waypoint Apr 8 2010, 01:01 AM Explorer1 Woops! That would be more funny than annoying ... Apr 8 2010, 04:00 AM Tesheiner Yup. I'm missing my daily fix.
While waiting ... Apr 8 2010, 03:58 PM Gonzz Maybe this second 1m drive was due to manouvering ... Apr 8 2010, 04:12 PM Hungry4info Sure hope you are wrong. If we have to spend a few... Apr 8 2010, 05:20 PM Gonzz well... then maybe they want to take a close look ... Apr 8 2010, 06:10 PM Geert QUOTE (Gonzz @ Apr 9 2010, 01:10 AM) Gues... Apr 9 2010, 12:07 AM elakdawalla Looking for something to do on Mars? Rove over th... Apr 8 2010, 06:43 PM Nirgal QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Apr 8 2010, 08:43 PM... Apr 8 2010, 09:58 PM nprev Thanks, Geert. All is well. Apr 9 2010, 12:24 AM Tesheiner Yep. The drive was successful and 50m were covered... Apr 9 2010, 05:45 AM climber IIRC, Spirit RF died right after a sharp turn. May... Apr 9 2010, 07:31 AM djellison QUOTE (climber @ Apr 9 2010, 08:31 AM) ba... Apr 9 2010, 08:02 AM Sunspot Its been offline for as long as 10 days before. Apr 9 2010, 07:47 AM climber Yep, good point Doug! Apr 9 2010, 10:55 AM Tesheiner Thread bump, althought there's not so much to ... Apr 11 2010, 08:54 AM briv1016 I was bored so I tried to eyeball the Navcam thumb... Apr 11 2010, 10:01 AM Tesheiner I did the same thing (similar result) to obtain a ... Apr 11 2010, 10:16 AM alan I noticed that the pancam drive direction images a... Apr 11 2010, 03:18 PM Phil Stooke Yes, they just bypassed a clump of larger drifts.
... Apr 11 2010, 04:14 PM ElkGroveDan Soon worries about drifts and dunes will be ancien... Apr 11 2010, 04:19 PM SFJCody I'm pretty sure they're now closer to Ende... Apr 11 2010, 05:55 PM BrianL QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Apr 11 2010, 10:19 A... Apr 11 2010, 07:09 PM CosmicRocker QUOTE (MoreInput @ Apr 11 2010, 12:04 PM)... Apr 12 2010, 06:58 AM antoniseb QUOTE (CosmicRocker @ Apr 12 2010, 01:58 ... Apr 12 2010, 12:09 PM Bill Harris But don' forget the most important thing-- The... Apr 12 2010, 04:17 PM ElkGroveDan From here the view of the jpeg artifacts is among ... Apr 12 2010, 04:49 PM Tesheiner I think we are all seeing the effects of a missing... Apr 12 2010, 05:28 PM alan All the signs littering the landscape reminds me o... Apr 12 2010, 06:02 PM fredk The drought is over! Pics down up to 2208:
h... Apr 12 2010, 07:48 PM Tesheiner Ahh. Finally!
This is a fhazcam from this la... Apr 12 2010, 08:08 PM fredk A few clouds in the sky on sol 2206:
Average of L... Apr 12 2010, 08:55 PM Hungry4info Some interesting stuff from http://twitter.com/mar... Apr 13 2010, 01:53 AM nprev Oh my God. They're letting Maxwell use her as ... Apr 13 2010, 02:27 AM BrianL The one I like is, "Monday, if all goes well,... Apr 13 2010, 03:20 AM Stu Bye bye San Antonio... you were a bit of a let-dow... Apr 13 2010, 05:20 AM Shaka ...with a door in it. Apr 13 2010, 05:24 AM Stu RE: Southward from San Antonio to the Next Waypoint Apr 13 2010, 05:52 AM Bill Harris QUOTE Looking at GM, this does appear to be a good... Apr 13 2010, 11:25 AM Stu Fascinating features on the ground in this view...... Apr 13 2010, 05:32 PM Tesheiner The images from yestersol 30m drive are finally do... Apr 14 2010, 08:25 PM Tman Wow, that was seemingly a pretty flat passage alre... Apr 14 2010, 08:40 PM briv1016 Have we switched to twice-a-day downlinks for memo... Apr 14 2010, 10:33 PM djellison Don't read too much into how and when images m... Apr 14 2010, 10:50 PM |
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