Wheel Trouble, ...down to 5 good wheels? |
Wheel Trouble, ...down to 5 good wheels? |
  Mar 14 2006, 12:29 AM
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I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but I just heard that there is a serious problem with Spirit's right front drive actuator after yestersol's drive. (This is the actuator that had high currents in the past and led to the backward-driving strategy.) It will take awhile to evaluate the situation, but early speculation is grim.
In a worst-case scenario, they can still drag the bum wheel along, but don't expect another summit view. Best-case scenario would be a rock or debris jammed in the wheel. This is a heads-up, sorry I can't really give more info at this time. I still thought you all would like to know. |
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mars_armer Wheel Trouble Mar 14 2006, 12:29 AM
general Struggling a bit...
http://qt.exploratorium.e... Mar 29 2006, 08:04 AM
Sunspot QUOTE (general @ Mar 29 2006, 09:04 AM) S... Mar 29 2006, 08:44 AM edstrick Dealing with full time work and nearly full time e... Mar 29 2006, 12:16 PM RGClark QUOTE (edstrick @ Mar 29 2006, 12:16 PM) ... Mar 30 2006, 08:21 AM edstrick What DO we see in the Odyssey orbital data? We se... Mar 29 2006, 12:43 PM abalone While you guys are arguing over the "could be... Mar 29 2006, 12:59 PM edstrick Ultimately, we will need (among other things) an a... Mar 29 2006, 01:02 PM djellison Good grief, one high-slip drive, and people are ca... Mar 29 2006, 01:27 PM Tesheiner Engineering exercises aside, it looks Spirit is ma... Mar 29 2006, 01:42 PM djellison Well put by MSSS I think
It is important to not... Mar 29 2006, 08:01 PM Bubbinski I'm wondering what the latest word on the whee... Mar 29 2006, 09:24 PM djellison I think they've given up until they get to som... Mar 29 2006, 11:08 PM Bubbinski Thanks Doug...hopefully it still looks good for ge... Mar 30 2006, 12:04 AM Shaka QUOTE (Bubbinski @ Mar 29 2006, 02:04 PM)... Mar 30 2006, 05:12 AM Bill Harris QUOTE I'm wondering what the latest word on th... Mar 30 2006, 01:37 PM gpurcell I think we have to accept that Spirit has become a... Mar 30 2006, 02:18 PM ddeerrff QUOTE (Bill Harris @ Mar 30 2006, 07:37 A... Mar 30 2006, 03:36 PM mars_armer QUOTE (ddeerrff @ Mar 30 2006, 07:36 AM) ... Mar 30 2006, 04:12 PM odave That would be my guess - but was the slight ... Mar 30 2006, 04:03 PM centsworth_II Opportunity took advantage of the time it spent st... Mar 30 2006, 05:36 PM ljk4-1 MARSDAILY
- Spirit Team Gives Up On Front Wheel
... Apr 3 2006, 01:43 PM Marcel I guess we'll have to get used to decimated am... Apr 3 2006, 06:10 PM abalone QUOTE (Marcel @ Apr 4 2006, 04:10 AM) ste... Apr 6 2006, 12:39 PM Shaka http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/pre.../2006... Apr 4 2006, 09:50 PM dvandorn Cue MBS (Martian Broadcasting System) commercial:
... Apr 6 2006, 02:50 AM RNeuhaus The MER won't be in their places unless they w... Apr 6 2006, 08:56 PM Stu I like to think that while the originals are store... Apr 7 2006, 08:28 AM Marcel Maybe it's moved to " chitchat" ? I... Apr 7 2006, 05:51 PM RNeuhaus QUOTE (Marcel @ Apr 7 2006, 12:51 PM) Ofc... Apr 12 2006, 02:12 PM PhilHorzempa I want to talk about the wheel: the fact that they... Apr 26 2006, 04:04 PM helvick QUOTE (PhilHorzempa @ Apr 26 2006, 04:04 ... Apr 26 2006, 04:25 PM centsworth_II QUOTE (helvick @ Apr 26 2006, 11:25 AM) T... Apr 26 2006, 04:42 PM MahFL That would just add more weight and complexity to ... Apr 26 2006, 04:58 PM Jeff7 They might have only given up on it for right now.... Apr 7 2006, 11:23 PM general "Engineers are considering directing Spirit t... Apr 12 2006, 10:18 AM maycm Just curious
Do we know how much the 'wheel d... Apr 13 2006, 04:46 PM Marcel I don't think so. I can't proove it, but s... Apr 13 2006, 09:16 PM centsworth_II QUOTE (maycm @ Apr 13 2006, 11:46 AM) Do ... Apr 13 2006, 09:44 PM Jeff7 I guess it's Spirit's turn in Purgatory, o... Apr 13 2006, 11:38 PM edstrick I expect that Spirit will not stay at one place du... Apr 14 2006, 09:35 AM climber There will probably be a lot of work done to find ... Apr 14 2006, 09:58 AM Jeff7 Yes, that's just it. The MSL is designed for l... Apr 26 2006, 06:27 PM ljk4-1 QUOTE (Jeff7 @ Apr 26 2006, 02:27 PM) Yes... Apr 26 2006, 06:32 PM djellison Dust. They expected the dust to kill them soon aft... Apr 26 2006, 06:35 PM mwolff [quote name= quote in reply -removed
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Dus... Apr 26 2006, 06:46 PM Bob Shaw FWIW, the Lunokhod wheels were, like the MER wheel... Apr 26 2006, 08:39 PM djellison Blimey - I'm reaching WAYYy back into the dist... Apr 26 2006, 09:14 PM helvick QUOTE (djellison @ Apr 26 2006, 09:14 PM)... Apr 26 2006, 09:50 PM djellison QUOTE (helvick @ Apr 26 2006, 09:50 PM) r... Apr 26 2006, 09:59 PM helvick QUOTE (djellison @ Apr 26 2006, 09:59 PM)... Apr 26 2006, 10:15 PM mwolff QUOTE (djellison @ Apr 26 2006, 04:14 PM)... Apr 27 2006, 02:45 AM  |
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