Dust Storm- Opportunity EOM, the end of the beginning of a new era in robotic spaceflight |
Dust Storm- Opportunity EOM, the end of the beginning of a new era in robotic spaceflight |
 Jun 5 2018, 03:05 PM
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Expect a quiet few sols - http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/~lemmon/mars-tau-b.html
SOL TAU 5097 0.65 5098 0.64 5099 0.67 5100 0.64 5101 0.60 5102 0.60 5103 0.61 5104 1.55 5105 **** 5106 2.12 |
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djellison Dust Storm- Opportunity EOM Jun 5 2018, 03:05 PM
mcaplinger Has Opportunity ever been in a low-power fault sta... Jun 11 2018, 09:52 PM serpens I guess Opportunity would be better placed to come... Jun 11 2018, 11:28 PM
mcaplinger QUOTE (serpens @ Jun 11 2018, 03:28 PM) I... Jun 12 2018, 05:47 AM marsophile https://mars.nasa.gov/mer/newsroom/pressrel.../200... Jun 12 2018, 12:33 AM Hungry4info It's apparently not as bad over Curiosity... Jun 12 2018, 04:11 AM MahFL QUOTE (Hungry4info @ Jun 12 2018, 04:11 A... Jun 12 2018, 10:39 PM PaulH51 NASA will host a media teleconference at 10:30 a.m... Jun 12 2018, 09:36 PM HSchirmer QUOTE (PaulH51 @ Jun 12 2018, 10:36 PM) N... Jun 12 2018, 10:09 PM xflare Has there been any further communication from Oppo... Jun 12 2018, 11:32 PM mcaplinger QUOTE (xflare @ Jun 12 2018, 03:32 PM) Ha... Jun 13 2018, 12:50 AM RoverDriver There will be a telecon tomorrow (Wednesday June 1... Jun 13 2018, 12:46 AM jccwrt The JPL news story on the dust storm was updated t... Jun 13 2018, 03:05 AM mcaplinger QUOTE (jccwrt @ Jun 12 2018, 07:05 PM) th... Jun 13 2018, 03:45 AM serpens Thanks for that link. I guess all that can be don... Jun 13 2018, 04:15 AM SpaceListener Are the solar panels able to raise up? I say this ... Jun 13 2018, 04:31 PM MahFL QUOTE (SpaceListener @ Jun 13 2018, 05:31... Jun 13 2018, 10:48 PM Explorer1 No, those were a one-time use, though good thinki... Jun 13 2018, 04:35 PM djellison People should think of their TV screen. It has d... Jun 13 2018, 05:52 PM Art Martin The news conference was upbeat. They expect the r... Jun 13 2018, 06:22 PM mcaplinger The good news from the press conference is that th... Jun 13 2018, 11:24 PM marsophile QUOTE (mcaplinger @ Jun 13 2018, 03:24 PM... Jun 14 2018, 03:17 AM PaulH51 ICYMI : Here is a link to the YouTube recording of... Jun 14 2018, 12:35 AM serpens The extent of this dust storm seems to be emulatin... Jun 14 2018, 02:13 AM jccwrt Another potential alternative is the 1977 dust sto... Jun 14 2018, 02:55 AM elakdawalla Because a lot of questions being asked here were a... Jun 14 2018, 03:27 AM mcaplinger QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Jun 13 2018, 07:27 P... Jun 14 2018, 04:09 AM elakdawalla QUOTE (mcaplinger @ Jun 13 2018, 09:09 PM... Jun 14 2018, 04:36 PM Explorer1 The main thought I keeping coming back to is that ... Jun 14 2018, 04:33 AM mcaplinger QUOTE (Explorer1 @ Jun 13 2018, 08:33 PM)... Jun 14 2018, 03:11 PM Gerald QUOTE (mcaplinger @ Jun 14 2018, 05:11 PM... Jun 14 2018, 05:30 PM mcaplinger https://trs.jpl.nasa.gov/handle/2014/43244 "T... Jun 14 2018, 03:05 PM Deimos Not strictly true, at least if you're referrin... Jun 14 2018, 05:59 PM marsophile New MARCI weather report:
http://www.msss.com/mss... Jun 14 2018, 08:02 PM Steve G To add a layman's context to the amount of sun... Jun 15 2018, 03:19 AM serpens There are a lot of variables to consider there Ste... Jun 15 2018, 06:38 AM Don1 OK, so according to the source linked below, a sun... Jun 15 2018, 09:02 AM Gerald If I understand it correctly, tau measurements are... Jun 15 2018, 12:03 PM Deimos Exactly! The Sun itself was fainter than a ful... Jun 15 2018, 01:46 PM mcaplinger QUOTE (Deimos @ Jun 15 2018, 05:46 AM) So... Jun 15 2018, 02:26 PM fredk QUOTE (Deimos @ Jun 15 2018, 02:46 PM) Th... Jun 15 2018, 04:37 PM hendric On the 22 WH just to keep the clock alive, maybe t... Jun 15 2018, 07:19 PM mcaplinger QUOTE (hendric @ Jun 15 2018, 11:19 AM) O... Jun 15 2018, 10:26 PM hendric QUOTE (mcaplinger @ Jun 15 2018, 05:26 PM... Jun 17 2018, 02:31 PM mcaplinger QUOTE (hendric @ Jun 17 2018, 06:31 AM) w... Jun 17 2018, 03:36 PM marsophile QUOTE (hendric @ Jun 15 2018, 11:19 AM) O... Jun 16 2018, 02:58 AM mcaplinger QUOTE (marsophile @ Jun 15 2018, 06:58 PM... Jun 16 2018, 04:01 PM Roby72 just as a reminder how Mars looked in 2001 fully i... Jun 15 2018, 09:56 PM siravan Regarding tau and the efficiency of solar panels, ... Jun 15 2018, 10:10 PM serpens As siravan noted the spectrum at the surface would... Jun 16 2018, 01:13 AM Deimos QUOTE (serpens @ Jun 16 2018, 01:13 AM) T... Jun 16 2018, 01:30 PM fredk QUOTE (Deimos @ Jun 16 2018, 02:30 PM) If... Jun 16 2018, 11:30 PM Don1 I did try to estimate the illumination based on th... Jun 16 2018, 09:20 PM mcaplinger QUOTE (Don1 @ Jun 16 2018, 01:20 PM) What... Jun 16 2018, 11:38 PM MahFL QUOTE (mcaplinger @ Jun 16 2018, 11:38 PM... Jun 17 2018, 08:44 AM mcaplinger QUOTE (MahFL @ Jun 17 2018, 12:44 AM) The... Jun 17 2018, 02:21 PM Don1 QUOTE (mcaplinger @ Jun 16 2018, 04:38 PM... Jun 17 2018, 09:05 AM serpens While the GaInP top cell is the limiting (short ci... Jun 17 2018, 12:48 PM fredk I guess the question is: how does the rover decide... Jun 17 2018, 02:34 PM mcaplinger QUOTE (fredk @ Jun 17 2018, 06:34 AM) Mor... Jun 17 2018, 03:41 PM marsophile QUOTE (mcaplinger @ Jun 17 2018, 07:41 AM... Jun 17 2018, 06:57 PM mcaplinger QUOTE (marsophile @ Jun 17 2018, 10:57 AM... Jun 18 2018, 12:11 AM djellison QUOTE (fredk @ Jun 17 2018, 06:34 AM) I g... Jun 17 2018, 11:42 PM scalbers How severe is this dust storm compared with others... Jun 17 2018, 07:55 PM mcaplinger QUOTE (scalbers @ Jun 17 2018, 11:55 AM) ... Jun 17 2018, 08:11 PM serpens QUOTE (scalbers @ Jun 17 2018, 08:55 PM) ... Jun 18 2018, 12:19 AM scalbers Interesting paper. I coded up the equations and te... Jun 22 2018, 09:11 PM RoverDriver QUOTE (scalbers @ Jun 22 2018, 02:11 PM) ... Jun 23 2018, 03:15 AM fredk From the latest MRO weather report:
QUOTE By the e... Jun 20 2018, 05:35 PM mcaplinger http://www.planetary.org/explore/space-top...mer-u... Jun 20 2018, 09:57 PM djellison "The Martian dust storm has grown in size and... Jun 20 2018, 10:31 PM JRehling Christopher Go is the ace of [superior planet] ast... Jun 21 2018, 03:29 AM vjkane Forgive me, I'm traveling and can't always... Jun 21 2018, 06:32 AM mcaplinger It's about 11:30 LST at Opportunity as I post ... Jun 21 2018, 09:51 PM RoverDriver I believe they are trying to solicit a beep.
Pa... Jun 22 2018, 01:51 AM djellison The fault modes open a comm window - you have to U... Jun 22 2018, 01:53 PM mcaplinger QUOTE (djellison @ Jun 22 2018, 05:53 AM)... Jun 22 2018, 02:41 PM djellison QUOTE (mcaplinger @ Jun 22 2018, 07:41 AM... Jun 22 2018, 04:31 PM marsophile https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php...9668... Jun 22 2018, 03:40 PM mcaplinger QUOTE (marsophile @ Jun 22 2018, 07:40 AM... Jun 22 2018, 04:11 PM xflare Hopeful tweet from yesterday
https://twitter.com/... Jun 22 2018, 04:22 PM marsophile https://mars.nasa.gov/mer/mission/status.html#oppo... Jun 22 2018, 09:36 PM scalbers As a bit of nuance, a Tau of 14 sounds about right... Jun 23 2018, 03:26 PM Deimos As further nuance, exp(-tau) is only appropriate w... Jun 23 2018, 08:13 PM serpens Remember that the panel view in the link is a simu... Jun 23 2018, 11:51 PM scalbers Comparing simulations, mine so far is rather simpl... Jun 24 2018, 01:48 AM mwolff QUOTE (scalbers @ Jun 23 2018, 07:48 PM) ... Jun 24 2018, 01:31 PM scalbers The three wavelengths I've been using for calc... Jun 24 2018, 02:02 PM marsophile I'm wondering about the effect of the dust sto... Jun 24 2018, 09:11 PM Gerald The additional weight of the dust is certainly les... Jun 24 2018, 11:02 PM serpens The effect of dust storms is to loft water vapor i... Jun 25 2018, 12:13 AM marsophile QUOTE (serpens @ Jun 24 2018, 04:13 PM) .... Jun 25 2018, 12:38 AM mcaplinger QUOTE (marsophile @ Jun 24 2018, 04:38 PM... Jun 25 2018, 01:17 AM serpens QUOTE (mcaplinger @ Jun 25 2018, 02:17 AM... Jun 25 2018, 07:39 AM mcaplinger QUOTE (serpens @ Jun 24 2018, 11:39 PM) w... Jun 25 2018, 02:54 PM djellison QUOTE (serpens @ Jun 24 2018, 05:13 PM) T... Jun 25 2018, 03:28 AM marsophile https://mars.nasa.gov/msl/mission/instrumen...onse... Jun 25 2018, 02:57 AM scalbers This simulated version shows the blue scattering s... Jun 25 2018, 03:58 PM Deimos Pressure is of course modified by the storm--but t... Jun 25 2018, 04:03 PM marsophile https://mars.nasa.gov/mer/home/
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