The Start of the Drive East, Up to Cambridge Bay |
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The Start of the Drive East, Up to Cambridge Bay |
 Jul 1 2010, 02:29 PM
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From the latest Oppy update:
QUOTE As of Sol 2286 (June 29, 2010), solar array energy production has improved to 354 watt-hours, atmospheric opacity (Tau) was 0.295 and the solar array dust factor is 0.577. Power is really starting to climb now! |
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Jul 1 2010, 03:22 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2998 Joined: 30-October 04 Member No.: 105 |
A Rovers-Eye view of the path eastward on Sol 2282.
I notice that they are also doing frequent soil Pancams and the ripple-sand looks interesting at the bottom of the sequence now that the sand is thinning out. --Bill
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Jul 1 2010, 11:56 PM
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Jul 2 2010, 04:34 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 4246 Joined: 17-January 05 Member No.: 152 |
Some highlights from that update:
QUOTE “Driving backwards is really difficult with AutoNav, because... when you point the NavCams backwards, you have that antenna in the field of view and that makes it difficult to get a really good terrain map. But we have a trick in the works that will allow us to do AutoNav driving backwards using the NavCams.” QUOTE Interestingly, Opportunity seems to have encountered a different kind of ripple this month, smaller, wider, gnarlier ripples. Bellutta explained: “Typically the slopes on these ripples [Opportunity has been crossing] are about 12-15 degrees, and now they are more on the 8-10 degrees. On the HiRISE images, these ripples appear large and brighter. QUOTE The place where Opportunity is to make "landfall" has just been named Cape York.
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Jul 2 2010, 06:48 AM
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"Cape York"
 I can dig it. Not the Garden of Eden, like Cape Trib, but appropriately dramatic. The northernmost point of the Australian continent. I once scrambled down the wet rocks to sit on the last one and dangle my feet in the Torres Strait. Bonzer. -------------------- My Grandpa goes to Mars every day and all I get are these lousy T-shirts!
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Jul 2 2010, 03:32 PM
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QUOTE (kungpostyle @ Jul 2 2010, 01:56 AM)  The Planetary Society update is out: As always: absolutely brilliant, elaborate and entertaining report ... can't be said often enough ! QUOTE “We’re just driving and crossing ripples … 70 meters in a cloud of dust every day,” said Squyres. Squyres quotes like this are always heavenly music in my ears   "Drive, Drive, Drive ... " a wise man once said
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Jul 2 2010, 04:06 PM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10157 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
"Drive, Drive, Drive ... " a wise man once said
I said it too. You can't leave these things to the wise alone. Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
Also to be found posting similar content on https://mastodon.social/@PhilStooke Maps for download (free PD: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/comm...Cartography.pdf NOTE: everything created by me which I post on UMSF is considered to be in the public domain (NOT CC, public domain) |
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Jul 2 2010, 04:13 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 128 Joined: 28-October 08 From: Boston, MA Member No.: 4469 |
QUOTE 70 meters in a cloud of dust every day For those of you who don't follow American football, this quote is most likely a pun on the famous saying "Three yards and a cloud of dust". It refers to a style of offense where the ball carrier basically plows into the defensive line to pick up two or three yards be sheer strength and force of will. Nothing flashy. It's a style that's loved by football purists, but often derided as "boring" by those who prefer the more exciting but higher risk aerial game. I think it's an apt comparison for our slow-and-steady rover who continues to chip away at her goal by sheer perseverance and dogged determination. |
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Jul 2 2010, 04:24 PM
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At the rate our running back is plowing the field
 when are we estimating to arrive at Endeavour?IOW: are we there yet? 
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Jul 4 2010, 08:30 AM
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Was Sol 2288 a driving day? The Sol 2288 photos are new or just old photos that have been downloaded now?
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-------------------- "It`s one small step for a man. A giant leap for all mankind!" Armstrong, Apollo 11, 1969.
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Jul 4 2010, 09:05 AM
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If you're ever not sure when a particular image was taken, here's a great resource...
http://www.greuti.ch/oppy/html/filenames_ltst.htm Paste the image number into the box provided and voila, all you could ever want to know about that image is displayed for you. :-) -------------------- |
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Jul 4 2010, 11:54 AM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
A few notes 'n thoughts on "Cape York"...
http://roadtoendeavour.wordpress.com/2010/...l-make-landfall -------------------- |
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Jul 4 2010, 02:36 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 530 Joined: 21-March 06 From: Canada Member No.: 721 |
Stu, those pictures came from the JPL site as being from sol 2288. So yes, it looks like Oppy drove on that day.
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Jul 4 2010, 02:50 PM
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Sol 2280 - Long pan is looooooooong. This is a view through the pancam, with L1 filter (clear), that show us a fulle 360° of the horizon.
 An hires pic is available here (7.3 Mo) http://www.db-prods.net/marsroversimages/O...80-pancamL1.jpg We can see a lot of stuff, like a uninterrupted view of Endurance, and some distant features. -------------------- |
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Jul 4 2010, 06:42 PM
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I have a math question to ask.
From our current position. How many 70 meter drives would it take for us to arrive at Santa Maria Crater and The edge of Endeavour??? Thanks |
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