Strange Mi Images |
Strange Mi Images |
Nov 26 2005, 09:39 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 578 Joined: 5-November 04 From: Denmark Member No.: 107 |
All the latest MI images from Opportunity shows this part of the rover:
http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...KCP2957M1M1.JPG The only thing I can think of is that it is an image taken with the IDD stowed. Actually the front hazcam pictures confirms this. What can the reason for this be? A problem with the IDD so it didn't unstow, but somehow the MI carried out its tasks? -------------------- "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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Nov 26 2005, 12:27 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3009 Joined: 30-October 04 Member No.: 105 |
Does not look good, dot.dk. Those "odd" MI images were taken first over a period of an hour and then again 4 hours later. It does look like the IDD won't unstow and the dust cover is still in place.
Let me dig and find the planned task sequence for that Sol. --Bill -------------------- |
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Nov 26 2005, 12:46 PM
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From http://marswatch.astro.cornell.edu/merweb/merweb.pl , here is part of the tracking report:
1. What new EDRs from ANY sol were received on sol 654? Number of EDRs received by sol, sequence number, and image type: Sol Seq.Ver ETH ESF EDN EFF ERP Tot Description --- -------- --- --- --- --- --- ---- ----------- 654 p2936.02 1 0 0 1 0 2 mi_open_minloss2_LUT3_veryhigh 654 p2936.02 1 0 0 1 0 2 mi_open_minloss2_LUT3_veryhigh 654 p2936.02 1 0 0 1 0 2 mi_open_minloss2_LUT3_veryhigh 654 p2936.02 1 0 0 1 0 2 mi_open_minloss2_LUT3_veryhigh 654 p2936.02 1 0 0 1 0 2 mi_open_minloss2_LUT3_veryhigh 654 p2936.02 1 0 0 1 0 2 mi_open_minloss2_LUT3_veryhigh 654 p2936.02 1 0 0 1 0 2 mi_open_minloss2_LUT3_veryhigh 654 p2936.02 1 0 0 1 0 2 mi_open_minloss2_LUT3_veryhigh 654 p2936.02 1 0 0 1 0 2 mi_open_minloss2_LUT3_veryhigh 654 p2936.02 1 0 0 1 0 2 mi_open_minloss2_LUT3_veryhigh 654 p2956.02 1 0 0 1 0 2 mi_open_minloss2_LUT3_high_DNTH2000 <snip> I don't know what the interpretation of this is, so I'll leave it to others. --Bill -------------------- |
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Nov 26 2005, 12:49 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1278 Joined: 25-November 04 Member No.: 114 |
Are there anymore pics like this?
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Guest_Sunspot_* |
Nov 26 2005, 01:34 PM
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If the sequence to deploy and carefully postion the IDD arm hadn't worked, would the sequence designed to take the images have started? I would have thought it wouldn't - just a guess though.
6. What unexpected sequences ran? (that is, sequences we did not enter in the SSF list file /home/mersci/pan/B/ops/Sol_all_seq_list.txt) No unexpected sequences run. Thats the only problem with the pancam tracking site - lots of information, we just dont know how to interpret much of it lol. Also......I don't think i've seen so many MI's taken in a single sol as this one. |
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Nov 26 2005, 05:17 PM
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Maybe they're checking for changes in dust deposition over a period of time?
Even that seems an odd way to do it though, and not very effective. Wonder if someone just forgot a command when programming the sequence. |
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Guest_Sunspot_* |
Nov 26 2005, 05:26 PM
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We've been at this site for about 3 days, and the IDD hasn't been deployed yet which seems a little unusual to me, its normally deployed almost immediately. Maybe those images were intended to see if there was any reason why it waas stuck
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Nov 26 2005, 06:39 PM
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QUOTE (Sunspot @ Nov 26 2005, 05:26 PM) We've been at this site for about 3 days, and the IDD hasn't been deployed yet which seems a little unusual to me, its normally deployed almost immediately. Maybe those images were intended to see if there was any reason why it waas stuck I don't think so. The reason they took those front hazcam pics is that the IDD is supposed to do its stuff. And who needs 33 MI-pictures of the same area for an inspection? I think the computer sees some restriction for the arm and therefore doesn't move it. Either that, or the arm is stuck for some reason. Let's wait and see what happens after the weekend. |
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Nov 27 2005, 02:36 PM
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Even more MI pictures came down.... all the same.
On the forward hazcam pictures of yesterday you can see some small position changes in the arm. But the pictures of today show no movement (let alone deployment) of the arm at all. I think we can 'officially' declare an emergency situation here. Start speculating about the value of this mission without the IDD? We still have pancam and MiniTes of course. |
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Nov 27 2005, 02:53 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3009 Joined: 30-October 04 Member No.: 105 |
The mission is valuable. Oppy still has mobility and the Haz-, Nav- and Pancams. We've simply misplaced our handlens and scratch-plate. There may be a solution to this problem, but for the time being, the arm be stuck...
--Bill -------------------- |
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Nov 27 2005, 04:24 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 470 Joined: 24-March 04 From: Finland Member No.: 63 |
A bit early to declare emegency without any info from JPL. It might be a simple sequencing error by the mission planners, after which they let Oppy be as she is for the weekend because of holidays and the weekend. Even if there was a problem, they probably wouldn't start debugging it until monday.
-------------------- Antti Kuosmanen
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Nov 27 2005, 05:20 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1636 Joined: 9-May 05 From: Lima, Peru Member No.: 385 |
The Oppy might have experienced any problems with the IDD and have performed a safety reset: SAFE MODE. After this reset, it will clear any software bug that might have stuck the arms and facilite the engineering rover to analyze the origins of the problem.
I don't think that the arms might have been broken because of any strike on the surface because the IDD is is proctected by the safety margin algorithm software. I think it so. It is logical to incorporate that software to MER in order to protect of the valuable instrument against any accident strikes on the surface. Hope that won't ham to the instruments of the arm then. Rodolfo |
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Guest_Edward Schmitz_* |
Nov 27 2005, 07:41 PM
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It is more likely a sequence problem than a hardware problem. If the arm didn't do what it was instructed to do, the sequence would have been aborted. Let's wait and see what JPL has to say before we get too worried.
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Nov 27 2005, 08:01 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 688 Joined: 20-April 05 From: Sweden Member No.: 273 |
On the other hand there have been a couple of glitches with Opportunity's IDD before, which might be due to hardware problems (cable fraying) (see Steve Squyres transcript). I suppose this would make JPL extra cautious before trying anything if there are problems. Having the IDD stick in the folded position would be bad, but not catastrophic. Having it stick in the deployed position would be much worse.
tty |
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Nov 28 2005, 03:50 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2228 Joined: 1-December 04 From: Marble Falls, Texas, USA Member No.: 116 |
I'm not sure what this means, or if it even means anything. I won't suggest this is anything significant, because I can't interpret a lot of the stuff in the pancam tracking reports. But I went back to the last sol when MIs were taken, Sol 649. There was an "unexpected sequence," but it seems to be associated with a front hazcam image. However, that image was from command sequence P1110, which is always for front hazcam shots of the IDD in action.
Can anyone else interpret the tracking report better than I can? Any ideas? -------------------- ...Tom
I'm not a Space Fan, I'm a Space Exploration Enthusiast. |
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