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Spirit - 2010 Winter@Troy, The first stationary science campaign
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post Feb 1 2010, 12:48 AM
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Well, with perhaps a few more weeks of tilt-enhancing drives to go and then settling in for the winter, I thought it might be a good time to have a thread dedicated to ideas and observations that will come. It's likely that we won't hear much from Spirit during the coldest part of winter (April-June) possibly longer. There'll hopefully be beeps to tell us that she's still alive.

Already there are plans for radio science and determining the fluidity or otherwise of the Martian core, plus weather observations, surface changes etc.
What else could you think of that Spirit could do? Remember that she's not going anywhere (vonBraun is out) wink.gif

In the meantime, have you sent your postcard to Spirit yet?! It's a great idea from the Mars outreach team.
http://beamartian.jpl.nasa.gov/spiritpostcards
What would you say to Spirit?
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- Astro0   Spirit - 2010 Winter@Troy   Feb 1 2010, 12:48 AM
- - nprev   (sigh)...gonna be a long several months. Hang in t...   Mar 19 2010, 02:17 AM
- - Tom Tamlyn   >>According to the tracking site, the only o...   Mar 19 2010, 05:25 AM
|- - Eluchil   QUOTE (Tom Tamlyn @ Mar 19 2010, 06:25 AM...   Mar 20 2010, 06:34 AM
- - Stu   Seems that poor Spirit is having to face a body te...   Mar 19 2010, 06:19 PM
|- - centsworth_II   QUOTE (Stu @ Mar 19 2010, 01:19 PM) Seems...   Mar 20 2010, 02:15 AM
- - JayB   They continue to amaze @marsroverdriver Brilliant...   Mar 19 2010, 07:37 PM
- - fredk   With this followup: QUOTE Not 100% clear on detail...   Mar 19 2010, 10:00 PM
- - briv1016   According to the tracking site, Spirit had a succe...   Mar 23 2010, 01:29 AM
- - fredk   The latest images include old DD navcams and tau p...   Mar 23 2010, 01:51 AM
- - Stu   How Spirit might eventually get free - with a litt...   Mar 23 2010, 10:41 AM
- - fredk   Spirit at around 133 Whr now...   Mar 23 2010, 02:28 PM
- - fredk   Cryptic comment in the latest update: QUOTE A chan...   Mar 26 2010, 01:55 AM
- - Tesheiner   QUOTE SPIRIT UPDATE: Solar Energy Levels Dropping...   Mar 31 2010, 06:47 PM
- - tacitus   Hibernation begins (probably) QUOTE PASADENA, Cal...   Apr 1 2010, 12:00 AM
- - Astro0   Sleep tight girl. We'll keep a light on for...   Apr 1 2010, 02:17 AM
- - nprev   RE: Spirit - 2010 Winter@Troy   Apr 1 2010, 02:36 AM
- - Stu   Enjoy your sleep, little one, you deserve it. Drea...   Apr 1 2010, 05:33 AM
- - CosmicRocker   omg! Can we get real here? As much as we all...   Apr 1 2010, 06:10 AM
|- - djellison   QUOTE (CosmicRocker @ Apr 1 2010, 06:10 A...   Apr 1 2010, 10:45 AM
||- - centsworth_II   And MER A is an it, not a she. There. Now we...   Apr 1 2010, 11:02 AM
||- - climber   QUOTE (djellison @ Apr 1 2010, 12:45 PM) ...   Apr 1 2010, 11:32 AM
|||- - tedstryk   Are we going to fight a battle against metaphor? ...   Apr 1 2010, 01:28 PM
||||- - stevesliva   QUOTE (tedstryk @ Apr 1 2010, 09:28 AM) A...   Apr 1 2010, 02:18 PM
|||- - djellison   QUOTE (climber @ Apr 1 2010, 11:32 AM) Di...   Apr 1 2010, 02:38 PM
||- - ElkGroveDan   QUOTE (CosmicRocker @ Apr 1 2010, 06:10 A...   Apr 1 2010, 02:40 PM
|- - Stu   QUOTE (CosmicRocker @ Apr 1 2010, 07:10 A...   Apr 1 2010, 02:43 PM
- - tacitus   You have no soul, CosmicRocker   Apr 1 2010, 06:49 AM
- - ElkGroveDan   QUOTE (CosmicRocker @ Apr 1 2010, 06:10 A...   Apr 1 2010, 02:43 PM
- - Stu   Some unashamedly "rover huggy" thoughts ...   Apr 1 2010, 05:20 PM
|- - Tesheiner   QUOTE (Stu @ Apr 1 2010, 07:20 PM) Some u...   Apr 1 2010, 05:55 PM
|- - Stu   Thanks Tesh, that's Saved.   Apr 1 2010, 07:37 PM
|- - tedstryk   Seems like quite a bit was downlinked yesterday. ...   Apr 1 2010, 09:05 PM
- - Sunspot   It is not uncommon for humans to ascribe human cha...   Apr 1 2010, 05:27 PM
- - climber   This is an absolute very evocative image of what h...   Apr 1 2010, 06:43 PM
- - Explorer1   The most horrible part is not having an exact date...   Apr 1 2010, 07:27 PM
- - Tesheiner   Downloaded from the JPL servers to the Exploratori...   Apr 1 2010, 09:13 PM
|- - tedstryk   I always thought the dates listed were the downlin...   Apr 1 2010, 09:23 PM
- - Floyd   Two dust devils--one near each edge of images.   Apr 1 2010, 09:31 PM
- - djellison   There can be (and in this case I guess there MUST ...   Apr 1 2010, 09:37 PM
- - brellis   I cried like a baby this morning, hoping Spirit ca...   Apr 1 2010, 10:47 PM
- - stevesliva   Because Spirit did little more than upload and dow...   Apr 1 2010, 11:05 PM
|- - JayB   I've been fretting about our girl since readin...   Apr 2 2010, 12:09 AM
- - CosmicRocker   OK, I will publicly apologize for being an ogre. ...   Apr 2 2010, 04:30 AM
- - Stu   Don't worry Cosmic, seriously, no offence take...   Apr 2 2010, 05:27 AM
- - Stu   For all those feeling nostalgic, I found a couple ...   Apr 2 2010, 06:18 AM
- - brellis   I added a soundtrack to Spirit's 343-Sol recap...   Apr 2 2010, 06:43 AM
- - nprev   Anthropomorphistic (whew!) sidenote: Working o...   Apr 2 2010, 07:48 AM
|- - stevesliva   QUOTE (nprev @ Apr 2 2010, 03:48 AM) Ther...   Apr 2 2010, 07:02 PM
- - brellis   My GF must be a machine   Apr 2 2010, 03:40 PM
- - Stu   You live in a different world to me re airplanes e...   Apr 2 2010, 04:04 PM
- - Phil Stooke   " "Barsoom" is just too good a rhy...   Apr 2 2010, 04:25 PM
- - Stu   A reader has posted a lovely comment on my blog, w...   Apr 2 2010, 04:45 PM
|- - ElkGroveDan   She cried? Um....OK.   Apr 2 2010, 06:33 PM
||- - Stu   QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Apr 2 2010, 07:33 PM...   Apr 2 2010, 09:08 PM
|- - Tom Gwilym   QUOTE (Stu @ Apr 2 2010, 09:45 AM) A read...   Apr 3 2010, 05:20 PM
|- - Tom Gwilym   QUOTE (Stu @ Apr 2 2010, 08:45 AM) A read...   Apr 3 2010, 06:10 PM
- - Stu   Couple of colourisations from the latest set of Sp...   Apr 3 2010, 08:45 AM
- - Stu   ...with the top section added... Sorry, I seem ...   Apr 3 2010, 09:25 AM
- - djellison   That 'mist' is just when the sun is direct...   Apr 3 2010, 03:50 PM
- - Stu   Yeah, thought so (see blog: http://cumbriansky.wor...   Apr 3 2010, 04:50 PM
- - Gonzz   Don't quite know why, but when someone mention...   Apr 3 2010, 05:46 PM
- - Stu   No problem, Tom; always happy and a little bit hon...   Apr 3 2010, 10:11 PM
|- - Tom Gwilym   Yeah, I did see that wasn't a very new image. ...   Apr 4 2010, 07:25 AM
- - climber   Can somebody tell me why exploratorium has been up...   Apr 6 2010, 07:20 PM
- - alan   Pipeline was broken over the weekend, as often hap...   Apr 6 2010, 08:00 PM
- - Tesheiner   Another reason may be (and this is my personal hyp...   Apr 6 2010, 09:15 PM
- - Astro0   Winter Solstice today - Things will start look...   May 13 2010, 10:06 PM
|- - MahFL   When was the last signal recived from Spirit ?   May 14 2010, 02:14 PM
|- - ElkGroveDan   QUOTE (MahFL @ May 14 2010, 06:14 AM) Whe...   May 14 2010, 04:12 PM
|- - MahFL   So March 30th then.........   May 14 2010, 05:20 PM
- - Poolio   Sol 2210 (March 22). I would think that, since S...   May 14 2010, 04:09 PM
- - ElkGroveDan   March 22th was the last communication: QUOTE Spir...   May 14 2010, 06:12 PM
|- - MahFL   22 is my lucky number, so all will be well !   May 14 2010, 06:16 PM
- - Astro0   The flurry of images that showed up on Exploratori...   May 21 2010, 03:42 AM
- - ElkGroveDan   ooooh nice....good catch Astro0.   May 21 2010, 04:31 AM
- - Astro0   The start of a brand new day. Enjoy EDIT: Full ...   May 21 2010, 05:33 AM
|- - Sunspot   QUOTE (Astro0 @ May 21 2010, 06:33 AM) Th...   May 21 2010, 08:13 AM
- - Stu   Beautiful pix, Astro0! I must admit I never th...   May 21 2010, 05:44 AM
- - Astro0   Here's a nice animation sequence of images dep...   May 21 2010, 01:37 PM
- - ElkGroveDan   Really impressive 'Nought. Nice job with the ...   May 21 2010, 02:00 PM
- - Juramike   WOW! Beautiful job, Astro0! That set of ...   May 21 2010, 02:23 PM
- - climber   I second that! Lot of work for you, lot of ins...   May 21 2010, 02:50 PM
- - mhoward   Very nicely done on the panorama. However, the ima...   May 21 2010, 03:35 PM
- - Astro0   Ah OK? This is a bit strange. It would seem that E...   May 22 2010, 07:23 AM
|- - fredk   QUOTE (Astro0 @ May 22 2010, 08:23 AM) Ah...   May 22 2010, 03:03 PM
- - briv1016   MMB picks it up as "Local copy has same file ...   May 22 2010, 07:40 AM
- - Sunspot   With the solstice long behind us, how much power c...   Jun 21 2010, 08:54 AM
- - alan   If you are only using a calendar to guess when Spi...   Jun 21 2010, 11:48 AM
|- - helvick   If I remember correctly the combination of Mars...   Jun 21 2010, 04:48 PM
- - Sunspot   Are there video cameras of any kind in the control...   Jul 9 2010, 02:10 PM
- - JayB   four notable tweets from Scott @marsroverdriver ye...   Jul 14 2010, 08:49 PM
- - Sunspot   wow..... November   Jul 14 2010, 08:58 PM
- - JayB   or late next week   Jul 14 2010, 09:06 PM
- - Hungry4info   Or never. Won't know until after November.   Jul 14 2010, 09:15 PM
|- - ElkGroveDan   It is not accurate to state that we won't know...   Jul 14 2010, 09:35 PM
|- - Hungry4info   QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Jul 14 2010, 03:35 P...   Jul 15 2010, 01:56 PM
- - briv1016   November 13th is the spring equinox.   Jul 14 2010, 10:07 PM
- - marsophile   Since Opportunity is experiencing strong cleaning ...   Jul 30 2010, 03:04 PM
- - Deimos   Winds are likely picking up. Small storms come in ...   Jul 30 2010, 03:46 PM
- - Sunspot   NASA's Hibernating Mars Rover May Not Call Hom...   Jul 30 2010, 06:07 PM
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