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 20 2006, 08:00 PM
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Again - you're making the mistake in assuming the scientists CHOSE to stop at Purgatory and Erebus. They didn't. These are situations forced upon them by engineering limitations. There is no choice to be made. Listen to Jim Bell - they WANT to leave Erebus, they WANT to get moving, they WANT to get to Victoria JUST as much as anyone else.
To say they've learnt nothing in the last year is an horrific underestimated of what Opportunity has been up to. QUOTE "In this type of exploration you must understand, acknowledge, and accept that you will miss some things. But on average, what you gain from looking at new things will vastly surpass what you miss." An no one knows that more than the MER team. Look at the progress they made when engineering allowed them to! 220M in a single day - that's HUGE. They barely stopped at Viking, Voyager, Vostok, Naturaliste, Argo, Arvin, Jason, James Caird, nor way back at Anatolia or Fram.....and when they did stop for science when first getting to some Erebus outcrop, they found a new previously unseen coating on the rocks adding more recent data to the story of water. Look at Spirit, listen to Jim talk about how they totally passed up some AMAZING targets between El Dorado and Home Plate - they utterly utterly RACED that distance, these guys know how and when to give it the berries for covering ground. When they can - when it is appropriate - they do. There is a difference between wanting to do something, and being ABLE to do something. Only the people who designed, built, and control these vehicles know their engineering limitations and know how much they can or can not do at any time. Criticism is unjustified. Everyone, EVERYONE wants to foot-to-the-floor-to-Victoria. But just because you want something badly, doesnt make it an engineering posibility. It's that simple. Doug |
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