Sol 800 coming up |
Sol 800 coming up |
Apr 1 2006, 08:16 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 813 Joined: 8-February 04 From: Arabia Terra Member No.: 12 |
Yep, another nice round number to celebrate. 'Course, this one is slightly bittersweet now that Spirit has lost some mobility. But I remain optimistic that as Spirit crawls slowly through the dust towards McCool Hill, a tiny metallic chip will get lodged somewhere in the inner workings of the wheel and repair the open connection. We can but hope.
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Apr 3 2006, 12:58 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14432 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
Sojourner was $25m over and above Pathfinder iirc, which at 84 sols as well, is $297k/sol - but would have been approx $3.5m/sol over it's nominal 7 day mission
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Apr 3 2006, 01:26 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 548 Joined: 19-March 05 From: Princeton, NJ, USA Member No.: 212 |
I dont have the numbers at the moment,
but how about Marineer 4, 6, 7, 9 and MGS, MO, MEX and the new MRO ken TODAY, 2006 April 3, is SOL 800 despite the wheel, lets celebrate |
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Apr 3 2006, 07:56 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2492 Joined: 15-January 05 From: center Italy Member No.: 150 |
Thanks for the statistics, climber et al.
In addition to figure out the cost/Sol of each mission, we should also consider quality and quantity of data transmitted to Earth! Obviously, thanks to unparalleled mobility and newer technology, MER is for sure well above all the others... do someone knows how many bits were returned by each mission? PS: about Sol800, maybe we could celebrate it if Sol799Sol small movement will continue... -------------------- I always think before posting! - Marco -
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