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How come that Opportunity has not moved for almost a week now. What are they doing? Does't look like they are using the IDD on anything. Are the taking panorama images??
Perhaps there is a lack of rover drivers so when Spirit has moved alot recently Opportunity got left behind ![]() -------------------- "I want to make as many people as possible feel like they are part of this adventure. We are going to give everybody a sense of what exploring the surface of another world is really like"
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Rover Driver ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 109 Joined: 2-May 04 From: Litchfield Park, Arizona (Phoenix area) Member No.: 71 ![]() |
Think if I were driving (and people that saw me behind the wheel would probably shudder at that thought), I'd be tempted to continually test the water as I was moving the rover along the rim as they are. Keep moving up obliquely as you're headed around parallel to the rim to see if maybe you might not have the power to pull yourself over the top. Of course you'd have to skip the areas where there are sheer rock faces but my guess is the rovers have pretty low centers of gravity and could handle some tough tilts. Oppy's proven it has pretty low slip on the rocks. I say go for it. Worst case is you back back down and go around a bit more.
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