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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Aug 16 2007, 06:47 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 206 Joined: 15-August 07 From: Shrewsbury, Shropshire Member No.: 3233 |
I find it interesting to speculate where the "deeply eroded craters like Erebus" that Steve Squyres says Opportunity will head towards might be.
The problem is that once Opportunity leaves the Victoria ejecta blanket it will be literaly "stuck in a rut" again. Opportunity has problems crossing dune crests and so the most obvious directions to send Opportunity are NNW back to Erebus or SSE in the direction of Ithaca crater. This means that for me the most obvious "deeply eroded crater" to head towards is Erebus itself. Opportunity did cross dune crests between sols 621 and 626 but was only able to do so easily because the dunes were low. I do not have the bandwidth to download HIRISE pictures at maximum resolution but if I did it would be interesting to speculate about routes to other eroded craters close to Victoria that Opportunity could reach by making a combination of NNW-SSE trending legs between high dune crests and legs diagonaly across those low dunes that exist in the Victoria area? Are there any patches of low dunes in the Victoria area? |
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