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, 07:47 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 477 Joined: 2-March 05 Member No.: 180 |
And really, if the rover becomes a mobile camera platform, well hey, we've got Hubble, whose main mission is simply to take pictures. These things can still do a lot of work, even if it is "just" taking pictures.
QUOTE 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). Seems like lubrication is a big issue. It nearly paralyzed one of Spirit's wheels, and who knows, it might be an issue with Opportunity. Someone mentioned that 1) Opportunity has endured a lot more cold nights than Spirit due to its deep-sleep mode at night, and 2) it did a lot of IDD work in Endurance. Just during the trip down the slope into the crater, it made a lot of RAT holes. |
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