Opportunity in a sandtrap, again, A thread for the topic |
Opportunity in a sandtrap, again, A thread for the topic |
May 29 2006, 08:15 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 470 Joined: 24-March 04 From: Finland Member No.: 63 |
Oppy looks like to be stuck in a dune once more!
The front wheels (rover was moving backwards into the dune) look to be closer to solid surface than during the purgatory incident, so hopefully they can back out pretty quickly. I know this is already being discussed in the other thread, but I think this way the incident is clearer to a casual reader of the forum. Threads of nearly 1000 posts clog the discussion anyway. http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...GBP1151R0M1.JPG http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...GBP1311R0M1.JPG inline images changed to links. 2048 x 1024 of images clogs discussions as well - Doug -------------------- Antti Kuosmanen
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Jun 1 2006, 09:03 PM
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Chief Assistant Group: Admin Posts: 1409 Joined: 5-January 05 From: Ierapetra, Greece Member No.: 136 |
... But JPL being who they are, they are just taking it slowly (though considerably faster than during the Purgatory event). That's the best we can expect of course If Oppy can reach Victoria mobility-wise another investigation after 'PI' might well be worth the time to avoid a third incident -by really being able to correctly identify these risk spots up front? Nico -------------------- photographer, space imagery enthusiast, proud father and partner, and geek.
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Jun 1 2006, 10:49 PM
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Oh great another investigation,how long this time ? a month like last time after getting extracted from the puratory dune ? Purgatory took 2 weeks just to access the situation,2 weeks give or take for extraction and a month of investigating.
We aren't going over huge,deep,wide dunes,quite the opposite. I think with a little common sense that 7 episodes of getting stuck and getting free again using knowledge already gained with some expediency would add up time wise to 2 time wasting purgatory ordeals. I swear sometimes it almost seems like some people here are just are not happy unless the rover is just sitting still for long periods of time or investigating every grain of sand. |
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