Last stops around Victoria, before the Long Trek |
Last stops around Victoria, before the Long Trek |
Sep 27 2008, 10:41 AM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 4279 Joined: 19-April 05 From: .br at .es Member No.: 253 |
Let's use this topic for the last stops (Cabo Frio, perhaps?) before Opportunity leave the vicinity of Victoria for good.
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Oct 1 2008, 12:15 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 4279 Joined: 19-April 05 From: .br at .es Member No.: 253 |
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Oct 1 2008, 01:04 PM
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Forum Contributor Group: Members Posts: 1372 Joined: 8-February 04 From: North East Florida, USA. Member No.: 11 |
Did Oppy just drive 283 meters in two drives ?
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Oct 1 2008, 01:14 PM
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Special Cookie Group: Members Posts: 2168 Joined: 6-April 05 From: Sintra | Portugal Member No.: 228 |
Did Oppy just drive 283 meters in two drives ? Only 11.717 to go! Cool to know that if Oppy kept this average (141.5) everysol she would arrive Endeavour in 82 sols! I'm deliberately not taking into account that we're not driving in a straight path towards the crater...but, optimist as I am I see the 2 year drive as a very conservative timeline... -------------------- "Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied, "If you seek for Eldorado!"
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Oct 1 2008, 01:27 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14432 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
if Oppy kept this average (141.5) everysol It took 5 sols to cover that distance. Not two. Two drives - but five sols. And this is just about the best driving terrain we'll ever have, and we wont have it for long ( at this pace ). A fast couple of months, then it's going to be painfull. |
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Oct 1 2008, 03:02 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 648 Joined: 9-May 05 From: Subotica Member No.: 384 |
It took 5 sols to cover that distance. Not two. Two drives - but five sols. I'm not moaning but: Do you know why it took 5 days? Restricted sols can explain 3 days instead of 2 ,and isn't MRO started relaying data from MERs? Can there be a "restricted sol" with 2 orbiters relaying data? Anyway.....these last 2 drives were just great. -------------------- The scientist does not study nature because it is useful; he studies it because he delights in it, and he delights in it because it is beautiful.
Jules H. Poincare My "Astrophotos" gallery on flickr... |
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Oct 1 2008, 03:26 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14432 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
Can there be a "restricted sol" with 2 orbiters relaying data? MRO isn't doing MER relay at the moment as I understand it. Restricted sols are not a symptom of relay schedules however. Odyssey will usually get a good pass in most days at about 4pm, MRO would get one (if used ) at about 3pm local. The restriction is a symptom of rover-night and pasadena-day being out of sync. i.e. you have to start planning for Sol N+1 before you have the data for Sol N. Sol N's data can only be used for planning Sol N+2 So - as a result, everything sort of takes twice as long as you might expect. Tie that in with the fact that they didn't get post-drive imagery down until the sol AFTER the first drive, then you can see how the days add up. |
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