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 Apr 10 2006, 03:55 AM
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Call me crazy, but this is what I think should happen assuming Oppy never dies.
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Apr 10 2006, 06:43 AM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14432 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
You're crazy.
(well, you did ask) Seriously - you're talking 6+ x the current traverse distance. Even with a grad-student-controlled 3 wheel drive rover in 5 years time - that's just not going to happen. Doug |
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Apr 10 2006, 03:18 PM
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QUOTE (imran @ Apr 9 2006, 07:55 PM)  Call me crazy, but this is what I think should happen assuming Oppy never dies. Well if we are going to be crazy, I think a drive to the South Pole would have a lot of scientific worth. We could check out Arthur Clarke's "banyan trees." Call me crazy. -------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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Apr 10 2006, 03:19 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1636 Joined: 9-May 05 From: Lima, Peru Member No.: 385 |
QUOTE (imran @ Apr 9 2006, 10:55 PM) Call me crazy, but this is what I think should happen assuming Oppy never dies. That map might be useful for MSL and I would say, poor to MER be obliged to break every parts trying to arrive at ... Rodolfo |
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Apr 10 2006, 07:13 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 147 Joined: 3-July 04 From: Chicago, IL Member No.: 91 |
QUOTE (djellison @ Apr 10 2006, 06:43 AM) You're crazy. (well, you did ask) Seriously - you're talking 6+ x the current traverse distance. Even with a grad-student-controlled 3 wheel drive rover in 5 years time - that's just not going to happen. Doug Ha! I saw that coming! Believe me I don't expect Oppy to go further than Victoria and I've said that repeatedly. The discussion was brought up as to "what next after Victoria". Let's just get back to Victoria - I think we've digressed enough. |
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Apr 10 2006, 09:08 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 713 Joined: 30-March 05 Member No.: 223 |
Yes.
... not long ago, I remember discussions about obvious naming conflicts with features encountered by Spirit on the top of McCool Hill (with the Everest naming theme already taken for Husband Summit)... then came the sudden wheel death and McCool is only a remote dream by now  No doubt: it's a lot of fun dreaming and speculating (actually, that's what drives exploration and science at all in the end  ... but let's also never forget that those wonderful machines are not immortal ... after nearly ten times life expectancy sudden death could strike virtually any time ... any hour of any given sol ... So let's use every day of given mobility for moving towards our final great goal: Oppy will either reach Victoria or die trying ! |
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Apr 11 2006, 07:23 AM
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According to "MER Pancam Data Tracking Web Interface", today ( sol 787 ) will be driving day again...
And terain looks great for another 50m+ drive... CODE Sol Seq.Ver ETH ESF EDN EFF ERP Tot Description
--- -------- --- --- --- --- --- ---- ----------- 787 p1151.04 2 0 0 2 0 4 front_hazcam_idd_unstow_doc 787 p1154.01 2 0 0 2 0 4 front_hazcam_idd_unstow_doc 787 p1205.06 2 0 0 2 0 4 front_haz_penultimate_0.5_bpp_pri17 787 p1211.03 2 0 0 2 0 4 ultimate_front_haz_1_bpp_pri_15 787 p1275.01 2 0 0 2 0 4 front_hazcam_0.5bpp_pri_41 787 p1305.05 2 0 0 2 0 4 rear_haz_penultimate_0.5bpp_pri17 787 p1311.07 2 0 0 2 0 4 rear_haz_ultimate_1_bpp_crit15 787 p1375.01 2 0 0 2 0 4 rear_hazcam_0.5bpp_pri_41 787 p1785.03 10 0 0 10 0 20 navcam_5x1_az_324_3_bpp 787 p1975.01 10 0 0 10 0 20 navcam_5x1_az_144_3_bpp 787 p2387.07 8 0 0 8 2 18 pancam_drive_direction_4x1_L2R2 787 p2568.15 2 0 0 2 2 6 pancam_outcrop_L7R1 787 p2600.07 2 2 0 0 2 6 pancam_tau 787 p2600.07 2 2 0 0 2 6 pancam_tau 787 Total 50 4 0 46 8 108 -------------------- The scientist does not study nature because it is useful; he studies it because he delights in it, and he delights in it because it is beautiful.
Jules H. Poincare My "Astrophotos" gallery on flickr... |
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Apr 11 2006, 05:22 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 4279 Joined: 19-April 05 From: .br at .es Member No.: 253 |
Route map, updated to sol 785.
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Apr 11 2006, 06:47 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1636 Joined: 9-May 05 From: Lima, Peru Member No.: 385 |
Next Sol drive, Oppy will meet a very big etched outcrop on the east side of its straight path toward VC.
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Apr 12 2006, 01:44 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 4279 Joined: 19-April 05 From: .br at .es Member No.: 253 |
Route map, updated to sol 787.
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Apr 14 2006, 02:08 AM
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Tosols drive (789) put Oppy about where your blue line turns east I think
Time to see if they'll follow your route 
-------------------- "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"
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Apr 14 2006, 03:05 AM
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QUOTE (dot.dk @ Apr 14 2006, 02:08 AM) Tosols drive (789) put Oppy about where your blue line turns east I think Time to see if they'll follow your route Looks like it to me - the Pancam drive direction images are over in that direction. And the drifts look very manageable
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Apr 14 2006, 12:48 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 4279 Joined: 19-April 05 From: .br at .es Member No.: 253 |
Route map, updated to sol 789.
Let's see where she goes... |
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Apr 14 2006, 12:57 PM
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If she turn left...you'll be right Tesheiner. I follow your guess. Any time I've desagreed with you so far, I was wrong!
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Apr 14 2006, 01:00 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 4279 Joined: 19-April 05 From: .br at .es Member No.: 253 |
Well, we currently disagree on the arrival date at VC...
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