Strange Mi Images |
Strange Mi Images |
Nov 26 2005, 09:39 AM
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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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Dec 4 2005, 10:03 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 153 Joined: 11-December 04 Member No.: 120 |
Suppose the risk of moving the arm and then getting it stuck in a stretched position is so big, management decides to leave it where it is now. Would that actually render the IDD completely useless? Would it still be possible to move the arm in the up/down direction and rotate the instruments head? If so, losing the movement in the x-direction can be compensated for by driving the rover right over the target. Of course this would mean a great limitation in the targets that it can investigate, basically only those that you can roll over are now within reach. But something is better than nothing, as an old Chinese saying goes...
Also, from an engineering point of view, it is very interesting to see how this vehicle slowly degrades. Lessons for next missions (manned and unmanned) can be learned by just watching which components fail and in what order. So, I wouldn't kill the mission too soon but rather stretch it as far as it goes (can talk to us). |
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