Run For The Hills!, The flight to Winter Quarters... |
Run For The Hills!, The flight to Winter Quarters... |
Feb 28 2006, 05:17 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 136 Joined: 13-October 05 From: Malibu, CA Member No.: 527 |
It seems it might be time to start a post about the run to the hills... there are few days left to get Spirit to a winter-friendly spot somewhere up there - with all those tempting spots that we ~might~ be able to stop by on the way. That is - if we don't dally too long at each!
A discussion of what the best spot would be, and why it would be the best spot seems in order - along with what the best targets on the way would be interesting. I'm looking forward to the possibility that we'll have a chance to see several outcrops that appear to have layers, maybe similar in some respects to HP. Or will they be? I'm also looking forward to the possibility that we might get a look from the top of these hills, off to the South as winter ends, before we descend from the hills and head to the "Promised Land." Later I'll post some snips of locations I'm hoping to see up-close... thought I'd get it done on posting - but, just had an 'emergency' that demands quick departure! |
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Feb 28 2006, 05:44 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 4279 Joined: 19-April 05 From: .br at .es Member No.: 253 |
I think I'll be the first to use this new thread...
Sol 766 drive images are available at the exploratorium: http://nasa.exploratorium.edu/mars/spirit/navcam/2006-02-28/ And the answer to the drive-direction is "clockwise". My guess is Spirit will NOT complete the circle but simply head to McCool hill. Was there a song from Iron Maiden: "Run to the hills, run for you life" ? |
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Feb 28 2006, 05:55 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 3431 Joined: 11-August 04 From: USA Member No.: 98 |
Here's some views from Sol 766 (I'd set it to "On the Run" by Pink Floyd, maybe):
Here are the Pancam drive direction images in context (Tesheiner you can correct me if I'm wrong and they aren't drive direction images, as I didn't actually check the tracking database, but it seems like a pretty safe bet): |
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Feb 28 2006, 09:23 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 646 Joined: 23-December 05 From: Forest of Dean Member No.: 617 |
Here's some views from Sol 766 (I'd set it to "On the Run" by Pink Floyd, maybe): Great images (and the new technique looks really nice!) The voice in 'On The Run' says "live for today - no tomorrow!" which is a touch nihilistic for me (though the paranoid electronic throbbing is about right!) OTOH... 'Run' by New Order? "Well what's the use in complaining / When you've got what you don't need?" ...'cos I bet it's a bit more than 7x more disk space that's been filled with Mars images than would have been the case if the rover'd died when expected. I keep reminding myself to be grateful even when the Exploratorium is down. -------------------- --
Viva software libre! |
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