Getting Unstuck in West Valley |
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 Jul 2 2009, 08:40 PM
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 Merciless Robot  Group: Admin Posts: 8783 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602  |
Free Spirit website now up, featuring a video of TeeBee's embedding with a familiar face or two hard at work...
 Watching the video is actually quite illuminating. Question: It seems like just spinning the wheels might facilitate letting Spirit slide slowly down the slope. Given the fact that the pointy rock is looking like less of a hazard, would this be a good extraction strategy? I suspect that there's some fear that even deeper dust lies at the bottom, but gotta ask. -------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Jul 2 2009, 11:10 PM
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A comparison between TeeBee and Spirit.
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Jul 3 2009, 01:12 AM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8783 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Nice comparison, Astro0!
Actually, TeeBee's rock looks scarier than Spirit's in this view. -------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Jul 3 2009, 03:30 AM
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 Member Group: Members Posts: 808 Joined: 10-October 06 From: Maynard Mass USA Member No.: 1241 |
This is a question for the rover drivers:
What is the upper and lower limits for the 'shutter speed' (the time a picture could be taken) of the MI? I guess a corollary is what are the units between them...? at your convenience, PDP8E -------------------- CLA CLL
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Jul 3 2009, 07:28 AM
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QUOTE (nprev @ Jul 2 2009, 05:12 PM)  Nice comparison, Astro! Actually, TeeBee's rock looks scarier than Spirit's in this view. You are right, but in the ISIL I had a limited set of rocks available. It needed to be small in size, tall enough to reach the WEB, and shaped with a pointy end. Paolo -------------------- Disclaimer: all opinions, ideas and information included here are my own,and should not be intended to represent opinion or policy of my employer.
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Jul 3 2009, 07:31 AM
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Member Group: Admin Posts: 976 Joined: 29-September 06 From: Pasadena, CA - USA Member No.: 1200 |
QUOTE (PDP8E @ Jul 2 2009, 07:30 PM) This is a question for the rover drivers: What is the upper and lower limits for the 'shutter speed' (the time a picture could be taken) of the MI? I guess a corollary is what are the units between them...? at your convenience, PDP8E I don't know. Probably there is a published paper that describes the Pancam. The cameras on MER are all the same, the difference is just in the optics. Paolo -------------------- Disclaimer: all opinions, ideas and information included here are my own,and should not be intended to represent opinion or policy of my employer.
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Jul 3 2009, 08:56 AM
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QUOTE (PDP8E @ Jul 3 2009, 04:30 AM) This is a question for the rover drivers: What is the upper and lower limits for the 'shutter speed' (the time a picture could be taken) of the MI? According to the Pancam technical paper, the integration time for the CCD's can be between 0 - 335 seconds in 5.12ms steps -------------------- |
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Jul 3 2009, 03:03 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 104 Joined: 1-June 08 Member No.: 4172 |
I posted a link to the MI technical paper and the PDS instrument record for the MI in the underbelly MI processing thread:
link to post |
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Jul 3 2009, 04:43 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1281 Joined: 18-December 04 From: San Diego, CA Member No.: 124 |
Why do the words "underground lair" come to mind when I see this photo?
Test bed Between the lab coats and the test machinery, the image is evocative of a Bond Villian set up!:D -------------------- Lyford Rome
"Zis is not nuts, zis is super-nuts!" Mathematician Richard Courant on viewing an Orion test |
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Jul 3 2009, 06:54 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 530 Joined: 21-March 06 From: Canada Member No.: 721 |
I don't know. I think mad scientists bent on world domination would at least spring for a couple of LCD monitors.
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Jul 3 2009, 07:43 PM
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Paolo definitely has the look of someone who could turn into a Blofeld if pushed over the edge! Be nice to him!
-------------------- Jonathan Ward
Manning the LCC at http://www.apollolaunchcontrol.com |
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Jul 3 2009, 08:21 PM
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Member Group: Admin Posts: 976 Joined: 29-September 06 From: Pasadena, CA - USA Member No.: 1200 |
QUOTE (BrianL @ Jul 3 2009, 11:54 AM) I don't know. I think mad scientists bent on world domination would at least spring for a couple of LCD monitors. Reduce, recycle, reuse! ;-) Paolo -------------------- Disclaimer: all opinions, ideas and information included here are my own,and should not be intended to represent opinion or policy of my employer.
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Jul 3 2009, 09:23 PM
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"No, Mr. Test Rover, I expect you to drive!"
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Jul 3 2009, 09:36 PM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8783 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
"Actually, the name is Bee...Tee Bee."
-------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Jul 3 2009, 10:49 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1281 Joined: 18-December 04 From: San Diego, CA Member No.: 124 |
I don't think they would let a Persian cat in the test bed. Not only because of the fur, but that big box filled with sand might prove too tempting. Ewwwww.
-------------------- Lyford Rome
"Zis is not nuts, zis is super-nuts!" Mathematician Richard Courant on viewing an Orion test |
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