Dust Storm- Opportunity EOM, the end of the beginning of a new era in robotic spaceflight |
Dust Storm- Opportunity EOM, the end of the beginning of a new era in robotic spaceflight |
Jun 5 2018, 03:05 PM
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Expect a quiet few sols - http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/~lemmon/mars-tau-b.html
SOL TAU 5097 0.65 5098 0.64 5099 0.67 5100 0.64 5101 0.60 5102 0.60 5103 0.61 5104 1.55 5105 **** 5106 2.12 |
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Jun 13 2018, 06:22 PM
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The news conference was upbeat. They expect the rover to survive based on observations so far. Good news is this is happening during the summer so battery temps aren't as much of a concern. (I was unaware there were warming plutonium sources inside the battery compartments). Very little power is required to run the onboard clock and even if it stops, the rover can awake again from new solar input and go into a search mode to contact Earth. Fascinating. Such amazing engineering and staff.
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