I know the recent dust-devils have shown evidence of high wind speeds, but I didnt think we'd see this
Doug
Geez...I hope it doesn't blow Spirit over so all we see is a static shot of some ground and sky...maybe the tool arm would be able to help turn it over...
Bloody Hell
......maybe it just came unstuck lol........
Is that a new dust trail towards the right of the calibration target?
Looks like it was part of a full L2->L7 + r's sequence that they sometimes do - I've bagged the RAD's from the workbook but only the RTH's are down so far, the thumbnails - but hey - see for yourself
Amazing...
Is there any instrument on Spirit capable of measuring windspeeds?
well i would say as long nothing else more important looses its grip they can live with that? Can they?
They finished the student sundial program some time ago - so I'm not sure they'd be that bothered.
Doug
Here is the latest from the Mission Manager Report:
"After another failed drive on Sol 441, rover engineers were puzzled by an apparent shift in the position of the pancam calibration target. Further analysis is planned after data from the next ODY pass becomes available."
Failed drive????
Hopefully they can solve the problems.
This could be very bad news here....
Happy April Fool's Day to you too!
....but looking at the rear hazcam images...Spirit did move on Sol 441:
Sol 440: http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/all/2/r/440/2R165433597EFFA918P1312R0M1.HTML
Sol 441: http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/all/2/r/441/2R165519719EFFA928P1312R0M1.HTML
Ok people. Let's try to clear this up:
- Shifted/broken sundial = April fools joke.
- Failed Sol 441 drive = True. Latest flight director report says they planned a 20 meter drive. It looks like they only achieved one or two meters.
That was very funny doug. You shouldn't of given it away with "don't read till april 1" though
scott
It was bad enough that two people fell for it hook, line + sinker
I was going to post this one at the same time...
But it wasnt really good enough to be fool-worthey
Doug
A keyhole to a martian underground house in the foreground?
Hey ..now we're moving
http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/spirit/rear_hazcam/2005-04-01/2R165614277EFFA978P1312R0M1.JPG
Looks like quite a long drive too
Amazingly it took a while to get right as the one you can download and built from the Nye Labs website is VERY wrong !
Doug
water on mars
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap050401.html
Doug, just I think for those who hang on the hook today you should donate a mars bar
Water on Mars? Today everything is possible:
http://www.raumfahrer.net/news/astronomie/01042005091028.shtml
Image of that amazing proof: http://www.raumfahrer.net/cgi-bin/ax.pl?http://www.raumfahrer.net/news/images/mars_puddle_big.jpg
I think that was really good Doug
But I think the cable next to the thing sucked though, you need to work on that
It was good while it lasted. There are always those who just want to blurt out the truth spoiling the fun, and there are others who quietly go to a corner to have a little chuckle and watch some people scratch their heads...
Yeah, Pando, is right. I'll bet this thread would've gone on for at least a half dozen pages and probably would've spread to other forums...............must make mental note for next year
The lighting on the "bottom" of the mast isn't quite right either - it's a bit too bright for a shaded area.
Also, it seems that some parts of the current location are in fact windy. The rocks here are a bit more rounded, including some from sol 439 that are as round as a loaf of bakery bread (which is usually rounder than the regular store-bought stuff).
Hehe, it was great while it lasted. I was sitting here chuckling in my corner.
It's too bad we couldn't find some way to convince the Exploratorium web master to stick that image in with today's downloads.
That was a good one, I'll have to keep your sense of humor in mind...as for all of you who are now saying you weren't fooled cause the 'shadow wasn't quite right', I'll still bet your first impression was 'Damn! that's cool'.
It was never meant to be a complete photo-real job - I only though of it an hour before I left work yesterday I just though I'll just botch it up and whack it out for a laugh - NO ONE will think it's real - but they might go "heh..cool"
The colour thumbnail does look quite good though
I was going to do just the mast in a RHAZ shot - but couldnt get it to look any good at all and the alpha layer was giving me grief with the shadow tga - so I thought "Sod it - it'll be easier to render the whole damn thing" - and it was
Doug
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