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Spirit's New Adventures, The Mission Beyond 1000 Sols
mhoward
post Nov 9 2006, 03:30 PM
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QUOTE (nprev @ Nov 9 2006, 05:23 AM) *
Anyhow, I was late for the poetry parody party, so here it be:


Although I'm enjoying the poetry parody party, I want to chime in and say I found Stu's original poem rather moving... and I'm not usually a big poetry fan. I would definitely buy the book smile.gif

Perhaps there should also be an anthology of MER poetry by various authors... we are certainly collecting enough examples.
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post Nov 9 2006, 06:26 PM
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Here is an old flicker gif of the rough terrain.

It think that it brings out the fact that it is either depressed or surrounded by a rim. There definitely appears to be a rim or ridge separating the area from the basin. I hope Spirit is not blocked by that feature.

Note I am not geologist, and am just using terms that I am familiar with.

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post Nov 9 2006, 06:42 PM
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QUOTE (mhoward @ Nov 9 2006, 03:30 PM) *
I want to chime in and say I found Stu's original poem rather moving... and I'm not usually a big poetry fan. I would definitely buy the book smile.gif


Thanks for that, really appreciate it. I'm now starting to seriously consider the book thing, especially as I have lots of non MER-related poems too... Maybe a MER poetry book with a part 2 of "Misc" after it... maybe some day... rolleyes.gif rolleyes.gif


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post Nov 9 2006, 07:31 PM
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QUOTE (mhoward @ Nov 9 2006, 07:30 AM) *
Although I'm enjoying the poetry parody party, I want to chime in and say I found Stu's original poem rather moving... and I'm not usually a big poetry fan. I would definitely buy the book smile.gif

Perhaps there should also be an anthology of MER poetry by various authors... we are certainly collecting enough examples.


I agree; Stu is a very talented writer. Surely epochal events like the journey of the MERs require an artist to give history a voice...


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post Nov 10 2006, 03:52 AM
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post Nov 10 2006, 12:03 PM
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Here is the complete 360 degree panoramic view

taken on Sol 1010 with the R0 navcam.

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post Nov 13 2006, 03:35 AM
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"There's a couple of rovers on Mars..."

You can't beat a good limerick! Except maybe with a bad one...

(now I'm trying to make up a bad one)

edit - got it!

A couple of profs at Cornell,
Steve Squyres and young Jimmy Bell,
put two rovers together
that they drove hell-for-leather
with their buddies down at JPL

- uh, I got it from my old chum Anon.

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post Nov 13 2006, 03:51 AM
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... and in a vain effort to redeem myself, here's a polar version of jvandriel's nice new pan. The streaks on Eldorado show up really well.

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post Nov 13 2006, 07:34 AM
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My Vertical (2.5cm/pixel) and Polar:
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post Nov 14 2006, 06:35 PM
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QUOTE (Sunspot @ Nov 9 2006, 12:49 AM) *
Have a look at this fullsize pic: http://www.msss.com/moc_gallery/r16_r21/im...0/R2001024.html

If you scroll down the the image there's a sort of "wrinkly" area (above and to the right of the large crater) I think that is the area he's referring to.


Thanks for the response - in a brief search, I couldn't find an image that showed that area.
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post Nov 15 2006, 02:04 AM
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OK, this is the Spirit one, a departure from the Victoria inspiration. Not quite right on the mix, but maybe I will tweak it sometime later.
I hope Dr. Squyres doesn't mind being guest vocalist. smile.gif

Moving Again.mp3

I was imagining Spirit waking up to a signal and moving again- and then picturing the front hazcam timelapse movies of the IDD working to the beat. Powerhouse meets Vangelis were the influences, not sure if I succeeded. unsure.gif

(Again, admins please move me if this belongs in EVA...)


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post Nov 15 2006, 02:23 AM
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Lyford, you are a *clink* genius.
Moving Again and Victoria Inspiration are fantastic.

I think that a movie idea I have has just found its soundtrack.

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post Nov 15 2006, 03:30 AM
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I want the album. Seriously.
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post Nov 15 2006, 05:36 AM
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lyford: I enjoyed the Victoria piece, but I must grab your new sensation on the bigger pipeline, tomorrow.
QUOTE (ToSeek @ Nov 14 2006, 12:35 PM) *
Thanks for the response - in a brief search, I couldn't find an image that showed that area.
I also meant to respond to your question earlier. This is a different, but familiar view of the "Geological Promised Land" from the top of Husband Hill. The first time I heard this name used was by Squyres, in a presentation he made on his book signing tour in Houston. He ascribed its origin to someone else on the team, but I forgot who it was. It has since been mentioned several times in other venues, so one would have to suspect it is an area of interest.

It appears to me to be the kind of terrain we would call "badlands" in the western US. Ever since I first saw them I dreamed of visiting them after Home Plate, so I am excited about the possibility of Spirit visiting them. As someone suggested earlier, the intervening ridge could make that difficult. The context image is cropped from a lovely pano that slinted did.
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post Nov 15 2006, 07:02 AM
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That's awesome Lyford!

This is was I love about this place, there can't be anywhere else on the web where science, engineering, exploration, fiction, poetry, music, images, sfx, comedy... are produced and discussed so effortlessly side by side and all, as one rover PI might put it, at such an impressively high level. cool.gif

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