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Strange Mi Images

dot.dk View Member Profile	Nov 26 2005, 09:39 AM Post #1
Member Group: Members Posts: 578 Joined: 5-November 04 From: Denmark Member No.: 107	All the latest MI images from Opportunity shows this part of the rover: http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...KCP2957M1M1.JPG The only thing I can think of is that it is an image taken with the IDD stowed. Actually the front hazcam pictures confirms this. What can the reason for this be? A problem with the IDD so it didn't unstow, but somehow the MI carried out its tasks? -------------------- "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" - Steven Squyres

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edstrick View Member Profile	Nov 29 2005, 10:35 AM Post #2
Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1870 Joined: 20-February 05 Member No.: 174	Uh.... (imagined conversation) Spouse to Rover Driver: "Either you figure some way to drive that (expletive deleted) thing over a clifF, or I'm getting a divorce. 90 days is one thing, but nearly two years and no end in sight, I'va HAD IT!" It's not as though they were sitting there doing nothing.. It's just a decidedly unfortunate time for a glitch.

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dot.dk Strange Mi Images Nov 26 2005, 09:39 AM

Bill Harris Does not look good, dot.dk. Those "odd... Nov 26 2005, 12:27 PM

Bill Harris From http://marswatch.astro.cornell.edu/merweb/me... Nov 26 2005, 12:46 PM

Decepticon Are there anymore pics like this? Nov 26 2005, 12:49 PM

Sunspot If the sequence to deploy and carefully postion th... Nov 26 2005, 01:34 PM

Jeff7 Maybe they're checking for changes in dust dep... Nov 26 2005, 05:17 PM

Sunspot We've been at this site for about 3 days, and ... Nov 26 2005, 05:26 PM

OWW QUOTE (Sunspot @ Nov 26 2005, 05:26 PM)We... Nov 26 2005, 06:39 PM

Cugel Even more MI pictures came down.... all the same. ... Nov 27 2005, 02:36 PM

Bill Harris The mission is valuable. Oppy still has mobility ... Nov 27 2005, 02:53 PM

akuo A bit early to declare emegency without any info f... Nov 27 2005, 04:24 PM

RNeuhaus The Oppy might have experienced any problems with ... Nov 27 2005, 05:20 PM

Edward Schmitz It is more likely a sequence problem than a hardwa... Nov 27 2005, 07:41 PM

tty On the other hand there have been a couple of glit... Nov 27 2005, 08:01 PM

CosmicRocker I'm not sure what this means, or if it even me... Nov 28 2005, 03:50 AM

BruceMoomaw They have had a large number of rather mysterious ... Nov 28 2005, 04:27 AM

Tesheiner According to the planned sequences, sol 655 would ... Nov 28 2005, 10:14 AM

Sunspot We just have to accept that this far into the miss... Nov 28 2005, 10:29 AM

Tesheiner I'm of the opinion that this "hiccup... Nov 28 2005, 11:05 AM

Toma B Of course there is always a good side in this situ... Nov 28 2005, 11:57 AM

Tesheiner Someone at the "other" forum remarked th... Nov 28 2005, 01:27 PM

Cugel QUOTE (Tesheiner @ Nov 28 2005, 01:27 PM)Some... Nov 28 2005, 01:42 PM

Bill Harris Thanks, Tesheiner, I seemed to recall an earlier a... Nov 28 2005, 01:45 PM

Tesheiner OT: Look how clean is that wheel! Nov 28 2005, 02:45 PM

Bill Harris OT^2 : But considering that the wheel has turned ... Nov 28 2005, 03:16 PM

Edward Schmitz The difference in the previous anomoly is that the... Nov 29 2005, 01:12 AM

edstrick Note that this problem has occurred during the 4 d... Nov 29 2005, 08:17 AM

Enrique Bunbury QUOTE (edstrick @ Nov 29 2005, 08:17 AM)Note ... Nov 29 2005, 09:30 AM

Toma B QUOTE (edstrick @ Nov 29 2005, 11:17 AM)Note ... Nov 29 2005, 08:54 AM

edstrick Uh.... (imagined conversation) Spouse to Rover Dr... Nov 29 2005, 10:35 AM

Bill Harris QUOTE ...I would sell my soul to &$*#@ an... Nov 29 2005, 10:48 AM

elakdawalla QUOTE (Bill Harris @ Nov 29 2005, 02:48 AM)Se... Nov 29 2005, 06:51 PM

odave Ah, if only I had seen an e-mail like that back in... Nov 29 2005, 07:17 PM

ElkGroveDan QUOTE (odave @ Nov 29 2005, 07:17 PM)Ah, if o... Nov 30 2005, 03:52 PM

Toma B QUOTE (edstrick @ Nov 29 2005, 01:35 PM)Spous... Nov 29 2005, 10:59 AM

mike Women like attention. In particular, they like un... Nov 29 2005, 04:02 PM

Toma B Is there any news on that stuck IDD arm??? Notice ... Nov 30 2005, 11:05 AM

mars_armer Here's the information I have. At the beginnin... Nov 30 2005, 02:47 PM

mike You could always go back (or just go, if it's ... Nov 30 2005, 04:45 PM

Bill Harris >Ah, if only I had seen an e-mail like that bac... Nov 30 2005, 05:20 PM

odave Yep, JPL would have been a dream job for me. No r... Nov 30 2005, 06:00 PM

Edward Schmitz QUOTE (odave @ Nov 30 2005, 11:00 AM)Yep, JPL... Dec 1 2005, 01:08 AM

dot.dk The Pancam tracking site indicates some diagnostic... Dec 1 2005, 12:38 AM

Sunspot Still no sign of the IDD : http://207.7.139.5... Dec 2 2005, 12:30 AM

Tom Tamlyn Yesterday the Planetary Society posted one of its ... Dec 2 2005, 02:28 AM

Toma B So it's hardware problem this time... OPPOR... Dec 2 2005, 06:49 AM

ElkGroveDan Among the remaining possibilities is that, after w... Dec 2 2005, 06:56 PM

CosmicRocker Thank you, Toma B. I finally found the lost updat... Dec 2 2005, 08:39 AM

Tesheiner Imho, those "unexpected sequences" mean ... Dec 2 2005, 09:43 AM

Bill Harris I suspected that the IDD problem was a balky motor... Dec 2 2005, 12:36 PM

Tesheiner Sol 660 MI's are available. No movement again.... Dec 2 2005, 01:01 PM

Vladimorka There is some slight movement, but enough just to ... Dec 2 2005, 01:13 PM

Tesheiner An animation with the five MI pics taken until now... Dec 2 2005, 01:27 PM

odave I'm not up on lubricants - is the suspected de... Dec 2 2005, 03:21 PM

djellison I imagine it's much like the Spirit FR wheel i... Dec 2 2005, 03:36 PM

tfisher Playing "what if" with the worst case sc... Dec 2 2005, 04:01 PM

odave I guess if we do lose the IDD, it's better to ... Dec 2 2005, 04:04 PM

Redstone QUOTE (odave @ Dec 2 2005, 11:04 AM)I guess i... Dec 2 2005, 04:15 PM

odave Hmmm...if they can't free the arm with higher ... Dec 2 2005, 04:12 PM

tasp Is it confirmed the fault is not with the protecti... Dec 2 2005, 04:20 PM

odave Doug's suggestion of opening up the current li... Dec 2 2005, 04:30 PM

Bill Harris I'm not engineer, but I currently fly remote c... Dec 2 2005, 04:45 PM

odave Something is moving in these two FWD Hazcam frames... Dec 2 2005, 07:28 PM

akuo QUOTE (odave @ Dec 2 2005, 07:28 PM)Something... Dec 2 2005, 07:37 PM

odave D'OH Dec 2 2005, 07:41 PM

jamescanvin I think I'm right in saying that the joint tha... Dec 2 2005, 10:41 PM

RNeuhaus Long time ago, when Oppy was inspecting inside the... Dec 2 2005, 10:55 PM

dvandorn "mmmmrrrrllll mmmmcccnnnn." "What ... Dec 3 2005, 05:01 AM

Toma B Tom Tamlyn , CosmicRocker...looks like our critici... Dec 3 2005, 09:59 AM

Toma B I have just one more question: Why are they stayin... Dec 3 2005, 10:01 AM

djellison Because they're sat right infront of some fant... Dec 3 2005, 01:03 PM

Toma B QUOTE (djellison @ Dec 3 2005, 04:03 PM)Becau... Dec 3 2005, 02:55 PM

sranderson QUOTE (Toma B @ Dec 3 2005, 08:55 AM)I know t... Dec 3 2005, 07:34 PM

djellison It's the same argument that's been had a t... Dec 3 2005, 03:04 PM

djellison It look as though they're making the most of t... Dec 3 2005, 07:40 PM

general RE: Strange Mi Images Dec 3 2005, 08:37 PM

mike They have to see if they can get the IDD working a... Dec 3 2005, 09:56 PM

Decepticon I figured out the real problem. Something is stuck... Dec 3 2005, 10:20 PM

ElkGroveDan QUOTE (Decepticon @ Dec 3 2005, 10:20 PM)I fi... Dec 3 2005, 10:41 PM

tasp {how'd that get there?} Dec 3 2005, 10:36 PM

edstrick IF... big if.. let's hope not... they can... Dec 4 2005, 08:03 AM

Cugel Suppose the risk of moving the arm and then gettin... Dec 4 2005, 10:03 AM

vikingmars Well... Even with no IDD, we have a (i) spacecraft... Dec 4 2005, 06:38 PM

Jeff7 And really, if the rover becomes a mobile camera p... Dec 4 2005, 07:47 PM

Toma B Weeelll.... Even if they find a way to fix IDD arm... Dec 5 2005, 07:31 AM

RNeuhaus One solution might be good is that Oppy try to app... Dec 5 2005, 03:02 PM

Bill Harris News update: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/mer... Dec 5 2005, 04:39 PM

SigurRosFan Bill: Note Toma's post (#46) http://www.unman... Dec 5 2005, 05:44 PM

Reckless Hi Guys I don't know if it's just a coi... Dec 5 2005, 08:23 PM

djellison An MI healthcheck image has been scheduled for Spi... Dec 5 2005, 08:33 PM

RNeuhaus QUOTE (djellison @ Dec 5 2005, 03:33 PM)Compa... Dec 5 2005, 09:26 PM

mars_armer I haven't heard anything since Friday, but her... Dec 5 2005, 10:17 PM

helvick Nice update mars_armer. Mixed news but it's ni... Dec 5 2005, 10:23 PM

Sunspot QUOTE (mars_armer @ Dec 5 2005, 10:17 PM)I al... Dec 6 2005, 02:02 AM

Bill Harris Ditto what Helvick said. Oppy is doing a LOT of n... Dec 5 2005, 10:48 PM

mars_armer More news today, and it's not too bad. A likel... Dec 6 2005, 02:18 AM

Edward Schmitz Why would they need to use Spirit as a reference? ... Dec 6 2005, 02:19 AM

Jeff7 The engineering units haven't been working in ... Dec 6 2005, 04:37 AM

dvandorn So, Oppy's endgame begins to play out... It... Dec 6 2005, 09:01 AM

Toma B QUOTE (dvandorn @ Dec 6 2005, 12:01 PM)...The... Dec 6 2005, 09:25 AM

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