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 Sep 4 2007, 08:49 PM
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I hope it'll be one of the last view of the plain for a while (note the still fuzy horizon)
BTW, quite some new picts today on Exploratorium. -------------------- |
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Sep 5 2007, 09:54 AM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 4279 Joined: 19-April 05 From: .br at .es Member No.: 253 |
> I hope it'll be one of the last view of the plain for a while
Let's wait for today's images. I've just checked the planned sequences (a.k.a. "secret codes"  ) and Opportunity might be on the move now or in a few hours. Another question is if we are going in (probably not) or just moving closer to the planned entry point.CODE 01285::p1212::09::2::0::0::2::0::4::front_haz_ultimate_2_bpp_pri15 01285::p1312::07::2::0::0::2::0::4::rear_haz_ultimate_2_bpp_pri15 01285::p1832::01::2::0::0::2::0::4::navcam_1x1_site_frame_1_bpp 01285::p1988::04::6::0::0::6::0::12::navcam_3x1_paolos_plunge_SITE Mmm, "Paolo's plunge" site? 
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Sep 5 2007, 10:44 AM
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QUOTE (Tesheiner @ Sep 5 2007, 10:54 AM)  Mmm, "Paolo's plunge" site? Who's Paolo?!  That sounds enticing... 
-------------------- "Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied, "If you seek for Eldorado!"
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Sep 5 2007, 03:17 PM
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Special Cookie Group: Members Posts: 2168 Joined: 6-April 05 From: Sintra | Portugal Member No.: 228 |
I'll answer myself...
 SS revealed me the secret behind Paolo...: "Paolo is one of our rover drivers. We've chosen the site for entry into the crater based on his recommendations, and that's where we're headed." This is it boys... Downward Oppy!  Oh...and on another issue of major importance here's our PI arctic reaction: "The bear? How on earth did you guys hear about me and polar bears???"
-------------------- "Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied, "If you seek for Eldorado!"
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Sep 5 2007, 04:50 PM
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QUOTE (ustrax @ Sep 5 2007, 08:17 AM) "The bear? How on earth did you guys hear about me and polar bears???" ...UMSF sees all, knows all, tells all that is not copyright-protected, classified, proprietary, ITAR-addressed, or embargoed....
-------------------- 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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Sep 5 2007, 08:14 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2920 Joined: 14-February 06 From: Very close to the Pyrénées Mountains (France) Member No.: 682 |
QUOTE (ustrax @ Sep 5 2007, 05:17 PM) I'll answer myself... SS revealed me the secret behind Paolo...: "Paolo is one of our rover drivers. We've chosen the site for entry into the crater based on his recommendations, and that's where we're headed." May be I've got the guy : http://www-robotics.jpl.nasa.gov/people/Pa.../personFull.cfm -------------------- |
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Sep 5 2007, 08:29 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 4279 Joined: 19-April 05 From: .br at .es Member No.: 253 |
Headed to the entry point.
Here is the latest navcam mosaic taken on sol 1285.
And looking to these old tracks, do you all remember the excitement when we saw the crater for the first time around sol 950? |
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Sep 6 2007, 03:30 AM
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Eduardo: I surely can remember our excitement from that time. That is what drives our species toward explorations.
I don't know how we missed this, but there is good news tonight. I've been looking back through earlier images, and it appears that the cleaning event may have taken place between sols 1269 and 1270. Notice the changes in the dust on the instruments and the hazcam lens in the attached animation. The optics and the instruments were cleaned. No wonder they are running back to Paolo's planned plunge point. I can't wait to see the panels. 
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Sep 6 2007, 09:16 AM
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"Spic-and-span solar panels boosting power"
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Sep 6 2007, 02:35 PM
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"Opportunity may have enough vitality to venture into Victoria Crater, the largest yet explored by either rover. "
Now wait just a darn minute. I think Gusev Crater is a wee bit larger than Victoria.
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Sep 6 2007, 07:02 PM
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Ladies and gentlemen... swear boxes at the ready...
Others will do that view much more justice, but I was just so swept away I thought I'd have a beginners go... 
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Sep 6 2007, 07:08 PM
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Very cool Stu. Thanks
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Sep 6 2007, 07:31 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Apologies for my earlier effort, this is much more like it I think...
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Sep 6 2007, 08:12 PM
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it's not perfect but, i'm happy for a first draft ...
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Sep 6 2007, 08:59 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 4279 Joined: 19-April 05 From: .br at .es Member No.: 253 |
We are back again almost to the point where we arrive at Victoria.
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