The Start of the Drive East, Up to Cambridge Bay |
The Start of the Drive East, Up to Cambridge Bay |
Aug 1 2010, 06:27 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 4246 Joined: 17-January 05 Member No.: 152 |
Yeah, "Dukes of Hazard" (DoH?) maneuver = "J-shaped bump" mentioned here.
That's actually pretty lame for a DoH maneuver. If Oppy really wanted to get into the spirit, she should've taken a good long run at a big dune and gotten some serious air-time. |
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Aug 1 2010, 09:55 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14431 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
I assume this is Scott's new maneuver we are looking at. When we see that ( and it's happened once ) we'll have a long normal drive - and then a drive that's like the old drunken sailor walk, but magnified a LOT. It'll be 17.5 deg turn off direction and then back again, then 1m drive, then 17.5 deg off, 17.5 deg back - 1m drive. ==/\==/\==/\==/\ that sort of thing. HOWEVER - because the rover itself is more than 1m long, it'll result in a messy trail. It'll be very obvious out the rear mirror once we've done it for 10-20m or so. |
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Aug 2 2010, 05:03 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1043 Joined: 17-February 09 Member No.: 4605 |
...couldn't decide if it was wind or "physical slumping" that caused that "decrepitation". Not the terms I'm looking for...,. there are little details that don't look windblown. PS:...I want to call it "efflorescence", too, but that's not right, either. And has loaded connotations... Could this event be attributed to the electrostatic influence from a dust devil which could disrupt the electrostatic attraction between individual dust grains while at the same time providing the wind force necessary to move the freed up particles? Such may explain the 'decrepitation'. |
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Aug 2 2010, 02:47 PM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10146 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
So glad to see our route mapper Tesheiner back with us! And on his new map, Alert Bay and Port Hardy - Hah, I used to live up in that area. Winter Harbour actually - rather an interesting place.
Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
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Aug 3 2010, 05:51 AM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Welcome back, Tesh, really missed your updates!
Couple of pics to start the day... On this first one, is that light flash a reflection off part of the rover? Light sneaking through a gap in it? Pretty, wherever it's from... And an interesting 3D view of one of the rocky plates' edges... -------------------- |
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Aug 3 2010, 05:54 AM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 3108 Joined: 21-December 05 From: Canberra, Australia Member No.: 615 |
Hey Stu,
You missed it man! The light reflection image is upsidedown. It reads 'AI'...obviously a message as Oppy becomes self-aware |
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Aug 3 2010, 06:11 AM
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Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 5172 Joined: 4-August 05 From: Pasadena, CA, USA, Earth Member No.: 454 |
The light reflection image is upsidedown... Which is why it took an Aussie to notice the message -------------------- My website - My Patreon - @elakdawalla on Twitter - Please support unmannedspaceflight.com by donating here.
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Aug 3 2010, 06:27 AM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 3108 Joined: 21-December 05 From: Canberra, Australia Member No.: 615 |
Wait!?! Which one of us is upsidedown?
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Aug 3 2010, 12:49 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 530 Joined: 21-March 06 From: Canada Member No.: 721 |
Would Uranians debate who is left or right?
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Aug 3 2010, 02:50 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 4279 Joined: 19-April 05 From: .br at .es Member No.: 253 |
And I come back from vacations just to find that ... you all need some.
Now seriously, this following sol 2320 is planned for driving. Hope for a loooong one. |
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Aug 3 2010, 03:49 PM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10146 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
"Wait!?! Which one of us is upsidedown?"
Which one of you is hanging on to the ground to stop yourself falling into the sky? (hint - I know I'm not) Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
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Aug 3 2010, 04:28 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 4246 Joined: 17-January 05 Member No.: 152 |
I tend to agree with Phil - it's just common sense that it's those down-under's who are upside-down.
But something's always worried me about this. If you look at a globe (be sure to hold it the right way up), those of us at a respectable 40-50 degrees north should actually be having a hard time clinging to the ground sloping 40-50 degrees towards the south. I suspect something's amiss... |
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Aug 3 2010, 04:45 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2918 Joined: 14-February 06 From: Very close to the Pyrénées Mountains (France) Member No.: 682 |
Yes, I still can't understand why the Rovers, scheduled for less than 30° slopes, still hold where there are: this has to be the biggest discovery of the MER program.
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Aug 3 2010, 07:53 PM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10146 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
The song "I'm Sitting on top of the World" was apparently composed at the latitude of Mississippi. So that should tell us something useful.
Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
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Aug 3 2010, 09:15 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 754 Joined: 9-February 07 Member No.: 1700 |
This thread is now six degrees from everywhere!
and, welcome back Tesh! |
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