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 Jan 23 2009, 09:06 PM
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Another drive today, it seems! Take it easy Scott, these sorts of speeds we'll get dizzy!
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Jan 23 2009, 09:25 PM
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More of a turn than a drive, I think. It looks like Spirit might be lined up for the attempt now.
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Jan 23 2009, 10:37 PM
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Quiz.
Where does the shadow on the LGA come from?
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Jan 23 2009, 10:42 PM
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QUOTE (climber @ Jan 23 2009, 05:37 PM)  Quiz. Where does the shadow on the LGA come from? Since the sun is almost directly above, the shadow comes from the circley things at the top of the LGA itself. |
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Jan 24 2009, 01:12 AM
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QUOTE (mhoward @ Jan 23 2009, 02:25 PM) More of a turn than a drive, I think. It looks like Spirit might be lined up for the attempt now. I'm sure hoping that 'attempt' is successful... if she could just get into some strong winds... there might be more life for her. |
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Jan 24 2009, 01:29 AM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10146 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
"More of a turn than a drive, I think."
No, I think the RHAZ and FHAZ views make it clear that there was a drive of a few meters at least, at about right angles to the last one, getting close to the shallow slope up onto the plate. Tesheiner's maps give a great perspective on our two rover pals. The Opportunity map has those 100 m squares, which seem to go by a drive at a time on average. Home Plate, Spirit's home for 1000 sols, would fit in one of those squares. Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
Also to be found posting similar content on https://mastodon.social/@PhilStooke NOTE: everything created by me which I post on UMSF is considered to be in the public domain (NOT CC, public domain) |
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Jan 24 2009, 01:36 AM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 3431 Joined: 11-August 04 From: USA Member No.: 98 |
QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Jan 23 2009, 07:29 PM) No, I think the RHAZ and FHAZ views make it clear that there was a drive of a few meters at least, at about right angles to the last one, getting close to the shallow slope up onto the plate. You're right. The drive data is messed up in MMB for some reason, which threw me off. |
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Jan 24 2009, 01:45 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 136 Joined: 13-October 05 From: Malibu, CA Member No.: 527 |
QUOTE (djellison @ Jan 23 2009, 02:06 PM) Another drive today, it seems! Take it easy Scott, these sorts of speeds we'll get dizzy! Doug Doug (and all Los Angeles area rover-tracking folk) - this eve, Sat and Sun, there's an opportunity - here's a quote: At Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles, the full-size rover model will be on display in the Depths of Space gallery Jan. 23 through Jan. 25, accompanied by rover team members from JPL. Talks about topics such as how the team drives the rovers and what the rovers have revealed about Mars will be presented in the observatory's Leonard Nimoy Event Horizon Theater. These talks, by JPL rover-team members Al Herrera, Scott Lever, Scott Maxwell, John Callas, Bruce Banerdt and Ashley Stroupe, are scheduled for the following times: 7 p.m. on Jan. 23; 1:30 p.m., 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Jan. 24; and 1:30 p.m. and 4 p.m. on Jan. 25. For more information about visiting Griffith Observatory, see http://www.griffithobs.org/. |
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Jan 24 2009, 01:49 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 136 Joined: 13-October 05 From: Malibu, CA Member No.: 527 |
A P.S. - I'm going (Griffith Observatory) tomorrow at 4PM, events permitting... will post a brief report and a couple of pics, if I get any that might be interesting..
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Jan 24 2009, 09:29 AM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 4279 Joined: 19-April 05 From: .br at .es Member No.: 253 |
QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Jan 24 2009, 02:29 AM) "More of a turn than a drive, I think." No, I think the RHAZ and FHAZ views make it clear that there was a drive of a few meters at least, at about right angles to the last one, getting close to the shallow slope up onto the plate. Almost 7m, if the mobility data is accurate. And Edit: Corrected sol number. QUOTE Tesheiner's maps give a great perspective on our two rover pals. The Opportunity map has those 100 m squares, which seem to go by a drive at a time on average. Home Plate, Spirit's home for 1000 sols, would fit in one of those squares. Here are both maps at the same scale (1m/pix) so we can see the completely different strategies.  
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Jan 24 2009, 09:29 AM
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QUOTE (sattrackpro @ Jan 24 2009, 01:45 AM) Doug (and all Los Angeles area rover-tracking folk) I'm 6,000 miles away 
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Jan 24 2009, 04:02 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 530 Joined: 21-March 06 From: Canada Member No.: 721 |
QUOTE (djellison @ Jan 24 2009, 03:29 AM) I'm 6,000 miles away Speaking of thousands, Doug, you are now just two posts away from the 10,000 mark. Will there be a party to celebrate the occasion?
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Jan 24 2009, 05:17 PM
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QUOTE (Tesheiner @ Jan 24 2009, 10:29 AM) And today (sol 1799) is driving day. Sol 1800 is driving day, not Sol 1799. -------------------- Free software for planetary science (including Cassini Image Viewer).
http://members.tripod.com/petermasek/marinerall.html |
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Jan 24 2009, 05:40 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14431 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
QUOTE (BrianL @ Jan 24 2009, 04:02 PM) . Will there be a party to celebrate the occasion? My 30th, MER 5th, UMSF 5th - I think we're doing ok for celebrations right now. |
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Jan 24 2009, 06:55 PM
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By the way did anybody notice that we have microscopic images from Spirit?
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