Spirit - 2010 Winter@Troy, The first stationary science campaign |
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 Mar 11 2010, 09:24 PM
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Odds are we are going to be in "hibernation" (low power fault) during the breaking of the record. We will only know if she made it if we regain radio communication come spring. Scott Maxwell referred to this as "Schrödinger's Rover" on Twitter a few weeks ago.
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Mar 12 2010, 12:23 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 239 Joined: 18-December 07 From: New York Member No.: 3982 |
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Mar 12 2010, 12:37 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 18 Joined: 25-May 09 Member No.: 4794 |
QUOTE (briv1016 @ Mar 12 2010, 08:24 AM)  Odds are we are going to be in "hibernation" (low power fault) during the breaking of the record. We will only know if she made it if we regain radio communication come spring. Scott Maxwell referred to this as "Schrödinger's Rover" on Twitter a few weeks ago. Such wit. I can't believe I feel emotion about Spirit as if she were my own pet. Is it odd? I realised when I watched a video about Opportunity I don't know ANY of the people involved as I do with Spirit. Fingers & toes crossed we break the record. |
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Mar 12 2010, 12:51 AM
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 Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 3108 Joined: 21-December 05 From: Canberra, Australia Member No.: 615 |
No, you've seen those people too.
Everyone has the same look of fear, angst, concern, joy, pride and satisfaction on their faces. The names may change but they are the parent's, brothers, sisters and extended family of these twin rovers. They care about them as much as we 'rover-huggers' do (are you hearing me Stu)  Looking forward to the Spring when Spirit returns anew  |
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Mar 15 2010, 10:19 AM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 4279 Joined: 19-April 05 From: .br at .es Member No.: 253 |
QUOTE (briv1016 @ Mar 12 2010, 01:23 AM) From that report: "The last downlink from the rover was on Sol 2195 (March 7, 2010). The next downlink from the rover is not scheduled yet, but expected to be sequenced for this coming weekend." AFAIK, no data have been downlinked until now. What I don't know is: Has an UHF session been attempted? |
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Mar 15 2010, 08:10 PM
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New images are now down. Most recent are from sol 2202, yestersol.
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Mar 15 2010, 08:46 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 4279 Joined: 19-April 05 From: .br at .es Member No.: 253 |
Great news!
 Now, if we could have info about the daily power production / consumption... |
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Mar 16 2010, 03:23 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 239 Joined: 18-December 07 From: New York Member No.: 3982 |
According to the tracking site, the only onboard images we don't have full copies of are a few dust devil images from sols 2116, 2128 and 2129.
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Mar 19 2010, 12:07 AM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 90 Joined: 23-February 09 From: Edmonton, Alberta Member No.: 4611 |
via twitter a few minutes ago
@marsroverdriver Spirit, brave little girl that she is, is still hanging in there at 139 W-hr/sol. Not hibernating yet. |
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Mar 19 2010, 01:45 AM
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keep yer chin up, girl! hope those devils clean your wings
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Mar 19 2010, 02:17 AM
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 Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8783 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
(sigh)...gonna be a long several months. Hang in there, Spirit.
-------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Mar 19 2010, 05:25 AM
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>>According to the tracking site, the only onboard images we don't have full copies of are a few dust devil images from sols 2116, 2128 and 2129.
Does that mean that we've finally all but cleared Spirit's flash memory? Is this a first? TTT (hoping that Spring reveals a cat and not just a grin) |
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Mar 19 2010, 06:19 PM
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 The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Seems that poor Spirit is having to face a body temperature of -41 deg C...
... and so... http://twitpic.com/19kl3m (illustrated version) http://cumbriansky.wordpress.com/2010/03/19/spirit-shivering (text only version) New astropoem, hope some of you like it. -------------------- |
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Mar 19 2010, 07:37 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 90 Joined: 23-February 09 From: Edmonton, Alberta Member No.: 4611 |
They continue to amaze
@marsroverdriver Brilliant uplink team found way to shave Spirit's energy needs; can get by w/120ish now. Might stave off hibernation another couple weeks! |
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Mar 19 2010, 10:00 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 4246 Joined: 17-January 05 Member No.: 152 |
With this followup:
QUOTE Not 100% clear on details, but apparently they found a way to remove one wakeup/sol. Now waking up only for ODY pass.
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