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The Start of the Drive East, Up to Cambridge Bay
Stu
post Jul 24 2010, 10:18 PM
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Interesting rocky debris over there...

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Probably a bit hard to get to, tho...

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And a colour view...

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post Jul 24 2010, 11:13 PM
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QUOTE (Stu @ Jul 24 2010, 03:18 PM) *
Interesting rocky debris over there...

What rocky debris? I don't see any rocky debris...

OH LOOK! up ahead! I think I see a sign that says "Free beer for rover drivers while quantities last - Cape York Cantina."


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post Jul 24 2010, 11:19 PM
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I think we're OK, Dan, we're well past that crater now - it's the white arrowed feature here:
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post Jul 25 2010, 06:17 AM
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QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Jul 25 2010, 12:13 AM) *
What rocky debris? I don't see any rocky debris...

OH LOOK! up ahead! I think I see a sign that says "Free beer for rover drivers while quantities last - Cape York Cantina."


I might be wrong, but I thought I detected a slight reluctance to stop there, Dan... laugh.gif


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post Jul 25 2010, 09:11 AM
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The name of this now 140m away crater is Pond Inlet
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post Jul 25 2010, 09:35 AM
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Thanks Bill and Fred, appreciate the extra info.


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post Jul 25 2010, 01:52 PM
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I'm back from Rotterdam (and an extra time in cities in France) and I can process again.

So, Sol 2301 in color, with the dust-devil smile.gif



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post Jul 25 2010, 08:43 PM
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From Wikipedia:
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Pond Inlet (Inuktitut: Mittimatalik, in English the place where Mitima is buried) is a small, predominantly Inuit community in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada and is located at the top of Baffin Island. As of the 2006 census the population was 1,315, an increase of 7.8% from the 2001 census[3] making it the largest of the four hamlets above the 72nd parallel. Pond Inlet was named in 1818 by explorer John Ross for John Pond, an English astronomer.


The naming theme remains consistent! (Polar explorers)
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post Jul 26 2010, 02:43 AM
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Going back a couple days ... I mentioned thinking the dust devil may be a gust. I don't think so any more, as a result of an accidental 4:1 reduction in the horizontal dimension of the image. Maybe y'all saw this clearly already, but this is what did it for me. The request for movie/watch activity is in.
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post Jul 26 2010, 02:46 AM
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Sol 2311 was a drive day. New trick is apparent in the forward hazcam.
http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...RQP1205R0M1.JPG
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post Jul 26 2010, 03:01 AM
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It looks like the distance was only around 30 m, based on the images. Perhaps this first trial was meant to be a short drive?
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post Jul 26 2010, 08:10 AM
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Yeah, if I'm reading the tracking data right, about 20m blind then 10m reverse-auto. I can only imagine that it was an intentionally short first test. They probably wanted a good view of the terrain they were going to test the technique on, rather than doing it on entirely unknown ground (as envisaged eventually) on the first try.


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post Jul 26 2010, 05:38 PM
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Scott's latest tweet

" marsroverdriver - Good news: drive-speedup experiment worked. Still must closely examine data for nasty surprises, but this is a big step! "

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post Jul 27 2010, 10:50 AM
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Cool, lets go ! wheel.gif wheel.gif wheel.gif
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post Jul 27 2010, 07:30 PM
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The MER rovers can be driven forwards or backwards; I've been wondering whether they can be driven sideways. That is, can all six wheels be turned left by, say, 10 degrees, and the rover driven in a straight line at an angle of 10 degrees to its head/tail orientation? This is mainly idle curiosity, but it was stimulated by the news about the new backwards auto-navigation technique that involves rotating the rover to get an unobstructed backward view.
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