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The Start of the Drive East, Up to Cambridge Bay
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post Aug 1 2010, 06:27 PM
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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. wheel.gif laugh.gif
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post Aug 1 2010, 09:55 PM
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QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Aug 1 2010, 10:03 AM) *
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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post Aug 2 2010, 05:03 AM
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QUOTE (Bill Harris @ Jul 29 2010, 05:45 PM) *
...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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post Aug 2 2010, 02:47 PM
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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.

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post Aug 3 2010, 05:51 AM
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Welcome back, Tesh, really missed your updates! smile.gif

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...

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And an interesting 3D view of one of the rocky plates' edges...

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post Aug 3 2010, 05:54 AM
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Hey Stu,
You missed it man! The light reflection image is upsidedown.
It reads 'AI'...obviously a message as Oppy becomes self-aware laugh.gif
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post Aug 3 2010, 06:11 AM
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QUOTE (Astro0 @ Aug 2 2010, 09:54 PM) *
The light reflection image is upsidedown...

Which is why it took an Aussie to notice the message smile.gif


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post Aug 3 2010, 06:27 AM
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Wait!?! Which one of us is upsidedown? biggrin.gif
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post Aug 3 2010, 12:49 PM
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Would Uranians debate who is left or right? smile.gif
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post Aug 3 2010, 02:50 PM
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And I come back from vacations just to find that ... you all need some. laugh.gif

Now seriously, this following sol 2320 is planned for driving. Hope for a loooong one.
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post Aug 3 2010, 03:49 PM
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"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)

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post Aug 3 2010, 04:28 PM
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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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post Aug 3 2010, 04:45 PM
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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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post Aug 3 2010, 07:53 PM
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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.

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This thread is now six degrees from everywhere! smile.gif

and, welcome back Tesh!
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