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4th leg in the trek to Endeavour, After science stop @ Kasos
Tesheiner
post May 20 2009, 08:25 AM
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I think it's time for a new thread.
Opportunity is leaving the area where Kasos and other targets were "sniffed" and imaged, making a 20m drive westwards during sol 1891. Besides, we are reaching the 16km milestone.

Here's a Q&D "post-drive" navcam mosaic.
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Edited: we are in "restricted sols", right?
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post May 24 2009, 09:37 PM
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post May 24 2009, 10:48 PM
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I got my Phil,
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post May 24 2009, 11:05 PM
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That's possibly the funniest post I've read here in a very long time. Classic.
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post May 25 2009, 01:59 AM
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post May 25 2009, 05:44 PM
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QUOTE (ilbasso @ May 22 2009, 05:58 PM) *
One or two more drives and we'll be over 10 miles! Go Baby Go!!


Well, baby is technically going, but not really in the spirit of the phrase (we'll just ignore that unfortunate choice of words).

Looking at Oppy's history since setting out from the rim of VC, she was pretty steady on 30-35 sols per km for the first three km (if we ignore that pesky conjunction layover that was forced upon her). The last one though took over 70. Obviously, for good reason, losing a wheel would certainly slow that pace even further. And in addition to wheel rests, there were a couple of unfortunate delays that perhaps made for an unusually slow transit.

Paolo, do you think the pace of this past km is indicative of what we will see the rest of the way (barring further mishaps, touch wood), or does Oppy still have a chance at picking things up and reaching Endeavour within your original hoped-for timeframe?

Edit: Sorry, this should go in the discussion thread. Could someone all-powerful move it there for me, please?
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post May 25 2009, 06:56 PM
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Oppy's average rate of travel over 1897 sols = 0.5895 furlongs per fortnight
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post May 26 2009, 05:13 AM
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That sounds about right. I apparently didn't use the same data as you, but it would have been easier to check if Google's calculator, or I, knew the exact length of a Martian sol.


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post May 26 2009, 02:20 PM
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I used martian fortnights, so no conversion of sol to days needed.

ETA: looks like another drive tosol.

http://nasa.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportu...W1P1311R0M1.JPG
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post May 26 2009, 05:26 PM
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Oppy has passed the 10-mile mark tosol.

http://twitter.com/MarsRovers/status/1924611977
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post May 27 2009, 12:34 AM
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Congrats on the ten miles! (Even though I think we should relegate "miles" to the past...)

http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/09052...p-10-miles.html

- Right now I'll be more excited by ten centimeters by Spirit than another mile by Oppy, though...
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post May 27 2009, 06:38 AM
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But that is only 8.7 nautical miles so she still has a way to go.
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post May 27 2009, 08:10 AM
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QUOTE (serpens @ May 27 2009, 02:38 AM) *
But that is only 8.7 nautical miles so she still has a way to go.


Keep in mind that the definition of a nautical mile is the great circle distance corresponding to a 1 degree change in latitude. Because Mars is smaller than Earth, the distance will be less.
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post May 27 2009, 08:23 AM
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It's one minute, not one degree - and on Mars, it's JUST under 1km.
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post May 27 2009, 06:24 PM
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I stand corrected.
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post May 27 2009, 08:02 PM
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