Duck Bay will be the entry point according to Squyres

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Duck Bay will be the entry point according to Squyres, From Planetary Society

Guest_Bobby_*	Apr 1 2007, 06:42 AM Post #1
Guests	According to Steve Squyres from The Planetary Society Web Site. Opportunity will enter Duck Bay after taking a toe dip into Valley Without Peril's for some quick imaging. She will first investigate The Dark Streak then head back to The Valley Without Peril for Possible first entry (teaser entry) then onto the main event at Duck Bay. Discussion regarding this entry Point can start here

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Bobby Duck Bay will be the entry point according to Squyres Apr 1 2007, 06:42 AM

dilo I'm a little disappointed by the decision to e... Apr 1 2007, 11:04 AM

Tesheiner Well, it makes sense to enter at Duck Bay. The goa... Apr 1 2007, 01:49 PM

centsworth_II QUOTE (Tesheiner @ Apr 1 2007, 09:49 AM) ... Apr 1 2007, 06:11 PM

BrianL QUOTE (Tesheiner @ Apr 1 2007, 07:49 AM) ... Apr 1 2007, 11:00 PM

MarsIsImportant I agree. Duck bay is the easiest entry for Oppy t... Apr 1 2007, 11:08 PM

Shaka Okay, I guess the Final Decision is imminent. So ... Apr 2 2007, 02:26 AM

Tesheiner QUOTE (Shaka @ Apr 2 2007, 04:26 AM) So i... Apr 2 2007, 01:21 PM

Edward Schmitz QUOTE (Shaka @ Apr 1 2007, 07:26 PM) ...t... Apr 2 2007, 05:29 PM

CosmicRocker It seems that the final decision has been made, un... Apr 2 2007, 05:12 AM

dilo Hey, Shaka.. I think the red entry path is safer, ... Apr 2 2007, 05:36 AM

Bobby AFLAC AFLAC AFLAC Apr 2 2007, 06:12 AM

Shaka Hey, amico, you might be right, but have you calcu... Apr 2 2007, 06:34 AM

akuo Yes! Go Oppy go! Duck Bay looked like the... Apr 2 2007, 07:30 AM

kenny Like BrianL, I'd be very keen to get a close-u... Apr 2 2007, 06:24 PM

atomoid whats all this talk about 'dead Lizards' ?... Apr 2 2007, 09:38 PM

Floyd QUOTE (atomoid @ Apr 2 2007, 05:38 PM) wh... Apr 2 2007, 11:24 PM

atomoid Thanks, but i was only able to salvage this image ... Apr 3 2007, 01:12 AM

kenny That's the correct image. The distinctive bloc... Apr 3 2007, 07:16 AM

BrianL People in here seem to be talking about getting up... Apr 3 2007, 12:28 PM

centsworth_II QUOTE (BrianL @ Apr 3 2007, 08:28 AM) Are... Apr 3 2007, 12:57 PM

hendric QUOTE (centsworth_II @ Apr 3 2007, 07:57 ... Apr 3 2007, 03:33 PM

helvick QUOTE But there is the "cool factor" of ... Apr 3 2007, 02:33 PM

antoniseb QUOTE (helvick @ Apr 3 2007, 08:33 AM) Do... Apr 3 2007, 03:06 PM

BrianL QUOTE (antoniseb @ Apr 3 2007, 09:06 AM) ... Apr 3 2007, 06:36 PM

Edward Schmitz Just my opinion... On earth, the few rocks we... Apr 3 2007, 04:14 PM

helvick My fear is that these rocks are made of very soft ... Apr 3 2007, 05:03 PM

atomoid QUOTE (helvick @ Apr 3 2007, 09:03 AM) My... Apr 3 2007, 09:47 PM

Shaka If MER can't RAT a vertical surface, the desig... Apr 3 2007, 07:35 PM

djellison Humphrey was a near face-on ratting, as was, I THI... Apr 3 2007, 08:19 PM

fredk Then there was that pre-landing ratting animation,... Apr 3 2007, 08:56 PM

fredk From Shaka in the route map thread:QUOTE OOOHh... Apr 11 2007, 10:09 PM

Tesheiner After looking to the latest images (navcam, pancam... Apr 27 2007, 12:14 PM

fredk This drive caught me by surprize - we're used ... Apr 27 2007, 04:58 PM

atomoid QUOTE (fredk @ Apr 27 2007, 09:58 AM) ...... Apr 27 2007, 08:47 PM

Tesheiner QUOTE (fredk @ Apr 27 2007, 06:58 PM) But... Apr 28 2007, 07:02 AM

Stu They didn't go look at the inside of this..? S... Apr 27 2007, 11:09 PM

Edward Schmitz I don't think the toe dip is off the table. W... Apr 28 2007, 08:37 AM

mhoward Here's the Navcam pan from sol 1157 (360x90 de... Apr 28 2007, 02:03 PM

Stu One of the most striking things about Victoria Cra... Apr 28 2007, 02:19 PM

mhoward QUOTE (Stu @ Apr 28 2007, 02:19 PM) This ... Apr 28 2007, 02:28 PM

Floyd I'm surprised that Opportunity did not go the ... Apr 28 2007, 03:13 PM

fredk In Byron Jones' podcast, he mentions that they... Apr 28 2007, 04:36 PM

edstrick My impression is that the "footing" gets... Apr 29 2007, 08:39 AM

Phil Stooke The driving targets change frequently, so it's... Apr 29 2007, 12:16 PM

djellison Indeed - to quote Pete Theisinger from the Jan ... Apr 29 2007, 01:05 PM

fredk Lots of good details in the latest update, includi... May 1 2007, 11:18 PM

BrianL QUOTE (fredk @ May 1 2007, 05:18 PM) Also... May 1 2007, 11:27 PM

centsworth_II QUOTE (BrianL @ May 1 2007, 07:27 PM) And... May 2 2007, 12:36 AM

atomoid QUOTE (fredk @ May 1 2007, 04:18 PM) Also... May 1 2007, 11:28 PM

CosmicRocker The cleaning is excellent news. I noticed that it... May 2 2007, 02:41 AM

Bobby I know I started this topic of Duck Bay after we g... Jun 14 2007, 06:12 AM

djellison I think we'll be having a new one. Jun 14 2007, 06:51 AM

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