Pool: Arrival at Victoria, Place your bets... |
Pool: Arrival at Victoria, Place your bets... |
Aug 5 2005, 07:50 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 45 Joined: 25-March 05 Member No.: 216 |
OK - for a little diversion, give your best guess as to the arrival of Oppy at Victoria. Before we do that, perhaps some agreement as when we can say that event has happened.
First complete panorama of crater interior perhaps? -------------------- My Open Office Website: http://www.openofficetips.com
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Aug 5 2005, 09:57 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 470 Joined: 24-March 04 From: Finland Member No.: 63 |
I go with ObsessedWithWorlds. I am sort of sick of this obsession with Victoria. Mission managers have previously identified the etched terrain as a scientific target. There is about as far to go to Victoria through the Etched terrain as Oppy has travelled south through the dunefields. I seem to remember that Etched terrain also has significant altitude changes, meaning that it might actually show more layers than Victoria. Victoria might be just a jumbled mess of rocks that are hard to reach.
People should appreciate more where we *are*. -------------------- Antti Kuosmanen
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Aug 5 2005, 10:27 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 713 Joined: 30-March 05 Member No.: 223 |
QUOTE (akuo @ Aug 5 2005, 11:57 PM) when reading the posts in this board one can sense an overhelming appreciation of this mission, of what has been reached so far and of the people at JPL enabling it ... almost every serious post is full of this sense of appreciation and gratefulness (that's why I love this forum above so many other discussion boards, BTW I for myself am thankful for every single image, well knowing that it can be the last one every day and that every additional sol is a true gift for us ... It's more than appreciated But then there are of course also the dreams and the curiosity, the desire to reach even new horizon's, romantic legends like Ultreya and Victoria ... there is nothing wrong with this feelings: they have always been the driving force behind science and human exploration ... |
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