The Return to Home Plate |
The Return to Home Plate |
Feb 6 2007, 03:58 AM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 2262 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Melbourne - Oz Member No.: 16 |
Seems like a good time for a new thread.
Spirit should be on her way back to Home Plate fairly soon. To help plan this, back on sols 1081 and 1089 a long baseline anaglyph was taken in that direction, here is my attempt to put it together. James -------------------- |
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Feb 8 2007, 09:05 AM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 4279 Joined: 19-April 05 From: .br at .es Member No.: 253 |
> Spirit should be on her way back to Home Plate fairly soon.
Perhaps she's on the move right now! The plan for tosol (1102) includes driving and taking a "post-drive" 180º navcam mosaic centered at 288º (looking back to Low Ridge). I'm pretty convinced they won't move towards Tyrone so this could be the first move on the return to Home Plate. Stay tuned. |
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Feb 8 2007, 02:58 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 4279 Joined: 19-April 05 From: .br at .es Member No.: 253 |
Yes!
Spirit did a sort of U-Turn and is now positioned to drive (backwards, off course) towards Home Plate. Rhaz: http://nasa.exploratorium.edu/mars/spirit/...HLP1312R0M1.JPG Fhaz: http://nasa.exploratorium.edu/mars/spirit/...HLP1212R0M1.JPG Annotated navcam mosaic (sol 1096) |
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Feb 9 2007, 08:24 PM
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Feb 9 2007, 09:53 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
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Feb 10 2007, 09:27 AM
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Feb 10 2007, 08:58 PM
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Feb 11 2007, 10:43 PM
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Feb 12 2007, 08:37 PM
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Feb 13 2007, 04:16 AM
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Feb 13 2007, 08:45 AM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
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Feb 13 2007, 04:41 PM
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Stu, those are stunning - you've nailed that colour pretty much dead on. Those could've been press release images.
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Feb 13 2007, 05:39 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 4279 Joined: 19-April 05 From: .br at .es Member No.: 253 |
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Feb 13 2007, 10:43 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Thanks Fred, I was quite pleased with them. Think I'm getting better
Here's a view from a couple of days ago I completely forgot about... -------------------- |
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Feb 14 2007, 11:39 AM
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Here's the "post-drive" navcam mosaic (4x1) taken on sol 1107.
Will Spirit drive over those old tracks on the way back to Home Plate? Edited: Another question: At which point in HP do you think they will re-start the science campaign? North side, NE corner, East side? This post has been edited by Tesheiner: Feb 14 2007, 12:01 PM |
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