Endeavour Drivability Analysis Revisited, Any lessons from "ground truth"? |
Endeavour Drivability Analysis Revisited, Any lessons from "ground truth"? |
Sep 5 2011, 08:03 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 444 Joined: 1-July 05 From: New York City Member No.: 424 |
Three years ago RoverDriver posted a request that the forum's members pool their talents and experience with Martian images to analyze the drivability of the terrain between Victoria and
About a month later JPL asked Paolo to discontinue his own involvement. Despite this disappointing (albeit understandable) development, the work continued for nearly another year. I'd like to know if any of the participants has had the occasion to review his work in light of the photographic record of Opportunity's actual route (or of subsequent MRO imaging) and is willing to share his thoughts about how the analysis compares with what we have learned since the work was done. TTT |
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Sep 6 2011, 04:02 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 910 Joined: 4-September 06 From: Boston Member No.: 1102 |
Tom, thanks for pointing us back to this great thread. I spent over an hour last night viewing comments and maps. The excitement and responses to Paolo's challenge were one of the most fantastic seen on this forum. Paolo, I thank you for all you contributed in you brief time on this forum and even more for your ongoing efforts as an RP extraordinaire.
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Jul 3 2012, 06:05 AM
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Member Group: Admin Posts: 976 Joined: 29-September 06 From: Pasadena, CA - USA Member No.: 1200 |
Tom, thanks for pointing us back to this great thread. I spent over an hour last night viewing comments and maps. The excitement and responses to Paolo's challenge were one of the most fantastic seen on this forum. Paolo, I thank you for all you contributed in you brief time on this forum and even more for your ongoing efforts as an RP extraordinaire. I apologize for not seeing any of this. For several reasons I was away from UMSF for a few years. I eventually had to do traversability analysis for real but for another mission (MSL). It has been a monumental job that took almost three years and the help from many talented people. We'll see how it compares with the real Gale. I'm glad my challenge kept UMSF'ers busy. What I was trying to do back then was to give you a glimpse in what it takes to work in a real space exploration program. I hope you enjoyed it as much as I enjoyed interacting with all of you. Thank you, it has been a real treat for me. Paolo -------------------- Disclaimer: all opinions, ideas and information included here are my own,and should not be intended to represent opinion or policy of my employer.
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Jul 3 2012, 10:06 AM
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Forum Contributor Group: Members Posts: 1372 Joined: 8-February 04 From: North East Florida, USA. Member No.: 11 |
So, Paolo, how does the terrain look for driving in Gale crater ?
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