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Mark Adler
post Feb 7 2007, 03:21 AM
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Opportunity just clicked over a bunch of zeros on the odometer this afternoon. The current reading is 10,023.19 m.
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post Feb 7 2007, 06:05 AM
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No, neither MER is close to any one of the LRVs in terms of total mileage. But the two MERs combined are approaching half to two-thirds of what one LRV drove, on average.

I'm thinking in terms of the LRVs driving an average of about 25 km per mission. The longest distance traveled by an LRV was on Apollo 17, I know, and I think LRV-2 on Apollo 16 traveled the shortest distance (by a small bit). I seem to recall that Apollo 17's LRV-3 traveled about 32 km, so I believe the average per LRV should be in the 25 km range.

And the total MER mileage is, what, about 16 km at this point? If they stay active and Oppy keeps adding kilometers running circles around Victoria, the total of both MERs may equal or exceed the average single LRV driving distance.

Of course, the total time spent driving LRVs on the Moon was probably eight to ten hours over the three J missions, while it has taken three years for the MERs to get as far as they have. But that's just the nature of the beast. I'm still in awe of what the MERs can do.

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- Mark Adler   10,000 meters   Feb 7 2007, 03:21 AM
- - fredk   Congratulations to all the team! And many...   Feb 7 2007, 03:37 AM
- - jamescanvin   Congrats to the team on another amazing milestone....   Feb 7 2007, 03:56 AM
- - ElkGroveDan   Congratulations and welcome to UMSF, Dr. Adler.   Feb 7 2007, 04:09 AM
- - monitorlizard   A bit of trivia: Opportunity has only 517 meters t...   Feb 7 2007, 04:41 AM
- - Nix   Bravo, and welcome! After a lot of tough deci...   Feb 7 2007, 05:13 AM
- - Bobby   This may be a silly Question but has Oppy or Spiri...   Feb 7 2007, 05:56 AM
- - dvandorn   No, neither MER is close to any one of the LRVs in...   Feb 7 2007, 06:05 AM
|- - climber   QUOTE (dvandorn @ Feb 7 2007, 07:05 AM) A...   Feb 10 2007, 09:19 AM
- - Astro0   Let me add my personal thanks for this wonderful j...   Feb 7 2007, 06:17 AM
- - ustrax   QUOTE (Mark Adler @ Feb 7 2007, 03:21 AM)...   Feb 7 2007, 09:52 AM
- - djellison   10,000 metres - I think that means it neads a new ...   Feb 7 2007, 11:39 AM
|- - Mark Adler   QUOTE (djellison @ Feb 7 2007, 03:39 AM) ...   Feb 8 2007, 12:00 AM
|- - djellison   QUOTE (Mark Adler @ Feb 8 2007, 12:00 AM)...   Feb 8 2007, 12:17 AM
- - AlexBlackwell   PIA09173: Opportunity Passes 10-Kilometer Mark   Feb 8 2007, 12:09 AM
- - nprev   ...or a hole-in-one at the very center of Enduranc...   Feb 8 2007, 12:51 AM
- - elakdawalla   Nprev, Mark Adler isn't Mission Manager for th...   Feb 8 2007, 03:03 AM
- - nprev   I stand happily corrected, Emily...and your questi...   Feb 8 2007, 03:05 AM
- - mars loon   Welcome Mark and congratulations to you and the e...   Feb 8 2007, 05:41 AM
- - mchan   Another thanks! And good job!   Feb 8 2007, 06:36 AM
- - Tesheiner   This is the approximate position of the 10km mark ...   Feb 8 2007, 09:58 AM
- - MichaelT   I would also like to congratulate the whole team f...   Feb 8 2007, 10:25 AM
- - Ant103   It's unbelievable how far the rovers has gone....   Feb 8 2007, 11:46 AM
- - Tesheiner   I'm pretty sure future missions will surpass t...   Feb 8 2007, 01:38 PM
- - micvoo   Why did Opportunity move so far away from the edge...   Feb 8 2007, 07:07 PM
|- - centsworth_II   QUOTE (micvoo @ Feb 8 2007, 02:07 PM) Why...   Feb 8 2007, 07:24 PM
- - DEChengst   WOOHOO! Keep them Question for Dr. Adler: ...   Feb 8 2007, 07:49 PM
- - PhilCo126   I guess 10000 meters really driven distance as mea...   Feb 9 2007, 06:01 PM
- - climber   I guess that Dr Adler never thought he'll post...   Feb 9 2007, 09:46 PM
- - nprev   Agreed...sometimes I can't believe what an imp...   Feb 10 2007, 01:58 AM


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