What's So Interesting? |
What's So Interesting? |
Apr 15 2005, 07:09 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 578 Joined: 5-November 04 From: Denmark Member No.: 107 |
Oppy hasn't moved much lately and now they are looking at the front right wheel...
What are they doing? -------------------- "I want to make as many people as possible feel like they are part of this adventure. We are going to give everybody a sense of what exploring the surface of another world is really like"
- Steven Squyres |
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Apr 21 2005, 07:01 AM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 33 Joined: 22-December 04 Member No.: 128 |
I wonder if the trenching manuevers they did on purpose earlier in the mission had anything to do with these problems on the right front wheel, first Spirit and now Opie.
Speaking of trenches and the bright material paxdan pointed out: http://nasa.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportu...05P2595L4M1.JPG This might be a good time to do a scanning on this material and perform some t-shooting with the spare rover back here on Earth. |
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Apr 21 2005, 03:46 PM
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The Insider Group: Members Posts: 669 Joined: 3-May 04 Member No.: 73 |
QUOTE (Mode5 @ Apr 21 2005, 12:01 AM) I wonder if the trenching manuevers they did on purpose earlier in the mission had anything to do with these problems on the right front wheel, first Spirit and now Opie. Speaking of trenches and the bright material paxdan pointed out: http://nasa.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportu...05P2595L4M1.JPG This might be a good time to do a scanning on this material and perform some t-shooting with the spare rover back here on Earth. I think they ruled out that trenching had anything to do with the wheel problems on Spirit. As of the skid marks made by Oppy, most likely they ran some driving tests to determine how they can now drive the thing, especially how to make turns. Since the two middle wheels cannot steer, they cannot just 'orbit' around the broken wheel - they have to turn it a certain way or the broken wheel will probably dig itself into the soil. It may even be that they can turn only one direction from now on, either clockwise or counterclockwise, but it shouldn't pose a major problem except when trying to navigate slopes. For that reason, going into Victoria, if it ever gets there, may now be out of the question. |
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