The Start of the Drive East, Up to Cambridge Bay |
The Start of the Drive East, Up to Cambridge Bay |
Jun 1 2010, 04:36 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 4256 Joined: 17-January 05 Member No.: 152 |
I think there are a number of reasons to start a new thread. Squyres has confirmed we have turned east. We've passed the solstice and sunlight is now improving. Also we should be past the worst of the dunes now.
And, we've finally gotten new pics down! And for the first time I can recall, the jpl site has beaten exploratorium! Here are the lookbacks after the 2252 and 2254 drives: http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/all...KCP1795R0M1.JPG http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/all...NDP1777R0M1.JPG For those who don't know, the jpl site is one sol out of synch. You should add one sol to those numbers (2252 and 2254) to get the actual sols. There was a new drive on sol 2256: http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/all...Q8P1212R0M1.JPG |
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Jul 4 2010, 08:17 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 530 Joined: 21-March 06 From: Canada Member No.: 721 |
Agreed, but if Oppy were to maintain a straight line, first to Santa Maria (4.8 km away) and then Cape York (11 km away), and throwing in some capricious rounding, we're looking at at about 70 such drives to Santa Maria, and 160 drives to Cape York. Which means of course that the actual number of drives to those two locations will not be those numbers, and will almost certainly be more, given that they seem to have settled around 70 m as a safe, unstressful distance for the wonky wheel. That could also change as the drive progresses.
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