Some Statistics for Spirit & Oppy, As the journey continues on Mars |
Some Statistics for Spirit & Oppy, As the journey continues on Mars |
Jan 4 2007, 12:36 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2922 Joined: 14-February 06 From: Very close to the Pyrénées Mountains (France) Member No.: 682 |
Some statistics as on Dec 31st 2006
Total Pictures : 170.026 Total Sols : 2110 (11.7 times more than scheduled) Pics/Sol/Rover : 81 Total distance : 16.684 meters (13.9 times more than scheduled) meter/Sol/Rover : 7.9 Cost/sol (Assuming 800 millions USD) : 379.147 USD Post/UMSF’ers/Sol/Rover : -------------------- |
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May 11 2010, 01:23 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 128 Joined: 28-October 08 From: Boston, MA Member No.: 4469 |
I really don't know. I believe that the "official" NASA stance is that the trip to Endeavor started at Cape Agulhas, and the last we've seen from the maps is that the trip from there was estimated at 19km. I'm not suggesting that anyone should adopt my practice of counting from Duck Bay, but if you do, just add another 1/2 km.
Perhaps one of the reasons they stopped putting the bar on the maps is that the total distance is a moving target. Every uncrossable dune and "interesting rock" adds to the total, and it's futile to try and calculate the percentage based on a variable number. So I just like to keep an eye on the horizon and watch the scenery go by. |
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May 11 2010, 02:04 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 4252 Joined: 17-January 05 Member No.: 152 |
Perhaps one of the reasons they stopped putting the bar on the maps is that the total distance is a moving target. I don't think they've stopped. The bars are included in the maps from Ohio State University - here's the latest one: http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/tm-...ty-sol2199.html What's changed is that we're now also getting very regular map updates (basically every drive) from Tim Parker. The OSU updates were never nearly as frequent as Parker's. |
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