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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Mar 2 2006, 05:37 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2228 Joined: 1-December 04 From: Marble Falls, Texas, USA Member No.: 116 |
This is such an interesting place, and they have made it clear that 780 is the sol they do not want to linger beyond. I think we may yet have almost two weeks to study Home Plate. Also in the latest Planetary.org update, it was mentioned that they really do want to study the HP escarpment around the other side, to learn more about the layers. They could learn so much as they head for the hills that I can't imagine they'd simply try to make meters toward the hills. They are going to walk one side of this exposure and make observations along the way before running for the hills. I suspect they may leave before sol 780, just in case something else turns up that is worth more than a glance, but we should at least get to see what the rocks, contacts, and dips on the opposite side look like. At least, that's how I read it.
-------------------- ...Tom
I'm not a Space Fan, I'm a Space Exploration Enthusiast. |
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