After Victoria..., .. what next? |
After Victoria..., .. what next? |
May 28 2007, 02:07 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
I know we've had rather light-hearted discussions about this before, with most people agreeing that Oppy is likely to end her days inside or on the edge of Victoria Crater, simply because there's nothing else to investigate within reach, but has Steve S got it in his mind that Oppy will head off somewhere else after Victoria? This report could be read in a way that suggests that...
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May 30 2007, 01:54 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14448 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
I gotta say - those second two craters look damn interesting - and heading NE you get the feeling from the imagery that we'll be on Endurance terrain rather than Erebus terrain once you're at the Ellipse line heading ENE again.
And Ustrax - that's not the case you've been making - you've been saying Ithaca Ithaca Ithaca Ithaca. Not 'lets go to targets in the East and maybe, eventually, we might get to Ithaca'. Go and look carefully at the bottom of the HiRISE image for Victoria ( the larger one that also includes Endurnace ). It's something of a contrast to big 30k wide HRSC images with dotted lines on them Doug |
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May 30 2007, 02:04 PM
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Special Cookie Group: Members Posts: 2168 Joined: 6-April 05 From: Sintra | Portugal Member No.: 228 |
you've been saying Ithaca Ithaca Ithaca Ithaca. Not 'lets go to targets in the East and maybe, eventually, we might get to Ithaca'. Where did you get that idea from?! QUOTE Never ye a fool be and poke a sleepy badger in the eye with a stick of rhubarb... Stu, can you please translate that?... -------------------- "Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied, "If you seek for Eldorado!"
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May 30 2007, 02:10 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14448 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
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May 30 2007, 02:25 PM
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Special Cookie Group: Members Posts: 2168 Joined: 6-April 05 From: Sintra | Portugal Member No.: 228 |
Maybe you don't intend to, but it comes across as considering heading to Ithaca a plausable, feasable, and something we should do instead of going back to Erebus or elsewhere I believe my posts were not well understood... When on the way to Victoria were we dreaming about the possibility of reaching Vostok, Argos, Jason or, instead, the mirage of the big crater filled our imagination? Now, I don't know about others, I'm going through the same process...there are several targets on the way, but the gold is just ahead... Maybe unreachable, but enticing in such a way that we could trace a path in that direction all this without throwing science overboard. The overview suggests that, once the HiRISE gap is filled-in, a navigable route to the west rim of Ithaca is entirely feasible. QUOTE Boring? I think not as bad as prior to Vicky, and the destination is already visible. There will be various outcrops and craters along the way, and lot's of entertainment in projecting where Oppy will go next. Plus Oppy ought to be moving quickly enough to guarantee some regular changes in scenery. As to scientific value, this takes us into an entirely new geological realm, not only the Ithaca rim peaks themselves, but the interior of Ithaca as well - which the MOLA maps indicate is substantially (hundreds of meters, as I recall) lower than than Vicky, and thus having the potential of having once contained standing water. Taking Oppy in any other direction would just see more of the same fractured/layered evaporite - talk about boring. I subscribe every single word in your post algorimancer. Stu, the old saying means simply the same as...Go Onward! -------------------- "Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied, "If you seek for Eldorado!"
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