Wheel Trouble, ...down to 5 good wheels? |
Wheel Trouble, ...down to 5 good wheels? |
Mar 14 2006, 12:29 AM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 90 Joined: 13-January 05 Member No.: 143 |
I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but I just heard that there is a serious problem with Spirit's right front drive actuator after yestersol's drive. (This is the actuator that had high currents in the past and led to the backward-driving strategy.) It will take awhile to evaluate the situation, but early speculation is grim.
In a worst-case scenario, they can still drag the bum wheel along, but don't expect another summit view. Best-case scenario would be a rock or debris jammed in the wheel. This is a heads-up, sorry I can't really give more info at this time. I still thought you all would like to know. |
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Mar 17 2006, 07:08 PM
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Was Spirit supposed to drive today?
http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/spirit/fo...67P1211R0M1.JPG No movement. |
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Mar 17 2006, 08:40 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 470 Joined: 24-March 04 From: Finland Member No.: 63 |
Was Spirit supposed to drive today? http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/spirit/fo...67P1211R0M1.JPG No movement. That image is from yestersol, but there shouldn't be movement tosol anyway. The Spirit update says that tosol (783) is a battery recharging sol. BTW, I like how they have started to add the plans for the next few sols in the rover updates. -------------------- Antti Kuosmanen
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