Going To Mogollon..., ...and points South |
Going To Mogollon..., ...and points South |
Jan 20 2006, 02:30 PM
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QUOTE (Tesheiner @ Jan 20 2006, 05:38 AM) It was already said that those structures seen on previous hazcam pics (well, in all sort of cameras and filters...) were delicate. [attachment=3535:attachment] (138k) But what about these ones? It looks like the smallest touch could broke them. [attachment=3536:attachment] (138k) PS: It's time to open a new thread, don't you think so? Good idea. That topic was "tired" and had the cord showing. Delicate, to be sure. One thing I've noticed is that the "ledge-forming" rocks are a layer and extend to the right and left of where we camped out. I wonder if that feature is related to the bluff at Mogollon Rim? We need to check out the "mobile dust" at that site and see if there has been more movement during the stopover. --Bill -------------------- |
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Feb 1 2006, 06:32 PM
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According to the latest rover article at the Planetary Society website, they still plan to take what will probably be a quick look at the Mogollon Rim:
http://www.planetary.org/news/2006/0131_Ma...ate_Spirit.html |
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Feb 1 2006, 09:15 PM
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looks like they finally decided to switch the priority to driving in order to seriously try to reach Victoria Crater
quote from http://www.planetary.org/news/2006/0131_Ma...ate_Spirit.html QUOTE “It is a sobering indicator that they won’t keep going and going forever. And that is an additional reason the team wants to try and get to Victoria Crater sooner rather than later.” I'm very happy with this descision because I have always felt that the fact that the life time of the rovers is so limited should be a reason in favour of a more long-distance-oriented driving strategy rather than against it. Now, after exceeding mission 'warranty' by about 10 times, the time has come for a more bold, exploratory strategy: Now we can really afford the risk of possibly losing some Sols of additional routine observations by trying to dedicate more of the remaining Sols for the only task of driving: Imagine just 40 Sols of driving-only at a prudent 30 meters/Sol would be about sufficient to cover the remaining kilometer or so to Victoria ! actually this is less time than that has been spent parked at the Olympia site alone. Switching priorities to long-distance-driving means that maybe they will even decide to completely stow the IDD again for the duration of the Victoria Trek... unstowing it only at Victoria or if really new discoveries pop up along the way... Other promising quotes from the TPS article: QUOTE the things we were hoping we’d find at Mogollon we have found already at Olympia QUOTE A balance is necessary, but our hoped-for drive strategy is a pretty aggressive one, and the team is very anxious to head southward at a brisk pace now to get to Victoria Crater. The current Festoon-Studies are the very necessary and important conclusion of the intensive Erebus-studies but after that it's time for exploring new horizons again |
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Feb 1 2006, 10:12 PM
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QUOTE (Nirgal @ Feb 1 2006, 03:15 PM) looks like they finally decided to switch the priority to driving in order to seriously try to reach Victoria Crater Don't get too excited about the prospect of a rapid trip to Victoria just yet. As Squyres says, if they find something different and interesting at the Mogollon Rim they're not going to leave it behind unexamined.The current Festoon-Studies are the very necessary and important conclusion of the intensive Erebus-studies but after that it's time for exploring new horizons again My bet is it will be into March before they're done with Erebus completely. |
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Feb 2 2006, 12:53 AM
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QUOTE (tacitus @ Feb 2 2006, 12:12 AM) Don't get too excited about the prospect of a rapid trip to Victoria just yet. As Squyres says, if they find something different and interesting at the Mogollon Rim they're not going to leave it behind unexamined. My bet is it will be into March before they're done with Erebus completely. Yes D'Accord ! I, too think it's important to take all the time necessary to complete the work at Erebus: may very well take another 4 weeks or so ... What I'm looking forward too is that *after that* the Trip will go straight to Victoria with prio one = driving and only stopping on really new discoveries |
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