Post Conjunction: Santa Maria to Cape York, The Journey to 'Spirit Point' |
Post Conjunction: Santa Maria to Cape York, The Journey to 'Spirit Point' |
Mar 19 2011, 10:07 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 4256 Joined: 17-January 05 Member No.: 152 |
Yes, but the sequences planned for 2543 make me wonder if this is just a small bump before taking the second part of the LBS mosaic. This post from Maxwell may clear things up a bit: QUOTE Today, we drove Opportunity to second eye of long-baseline stereo position. Drive time was very tight, so we might need a short bump Monday.
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Mar 21 2011, 03:40 PM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10226 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
Regarding the destination on Endeavour's rim... at LPSC two different posters showed the same graphic, of routes at the south end of Cape York which might offer access to the Noachian materials in the Cape itself. One climbed onto the top of the Cape near the south end, one skirted the Cape's south end to examine older rocks at the southeast corner. That graphic is not shown in the abstract accompanying one of the posters:
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2011/pdf/2199.pdf But it is clear they expect interesting materials at Cape York and Botany Bay. No need to head south right away. Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
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Mar 21 2011, 05:13 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 293 Joined: 29-August 06 From: Columbia, MD Member No.: 1083 |
Phil...if I remember correctly from a couple weeks ago, Ray Arvidson said that the engineers had told them that the proposed path straight up Cape York was a "suicide mission". Basically, Opportunity could get up there, but might not make it back down. So I think the southern path was/is preferred right now.
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Mar 21 2011, 05:33 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 4256 Joined: 17-January 05 Member No.: 152 |
How could Oppy climb up somewhere that she couldn't get back down? Slippage would be a problem going up, not down.
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Mar 21 2011, 06:59 PM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10226 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
"Phil...if I remember correctly"
Yes, you're right, he did say that. "How could Oppy climb up somewhere that she couldn't get back down" Dunno - except I think he might have meant the end part of the route. The interesting material seemed to be on the inner (eastern) slope of Cape York. The drive might be easy up to the top, as we've been saying in this discussion, but then tricky at the end as the targets on the steeper eastern slope were approached from above. For that reason they preferred the southern route, crossing the broad terrace at the base of the hill to taste the yummy stuff above it. Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
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Mar 21 2011, 07:46 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 656 Joined: 20-April 05 From: League City, Texas Member No.: 285 |
Strictly in terms of topography, my target of choice is that wedge feature on the northeast corner. It looks to me like a water-eroded ravine, with hints of source channel and "deltaic" deposits spread on the plain to the northeast of the "mouth". This is the single most anomalous feature that I've seen since Home Plate. If I were driving, this would be the first target -- do a quick imaging survey, then go off and look at the spots with neat chemistry elsewhere while we digest the imaging results.
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Mar 22 2011, 07:00 AM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 4279 Joined: 19-April 05 From: .br at .es Member No.: 253 |
This is music to my ears.
Scott Maxwell tweeted: QUOTE We expect to drive away Wednesday after all. Back on the road to Endeavour at last!
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Mar 22 2011, 01:47 PM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 4763 Joined: 15-March 05 From: Glendale, AZ Member No.: 197 |
Buckle up kids. Has everyone used the restroom? Let's go!
-------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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Mar 22 2011, 03:58 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2869 Joined: 22-April 05 From: Ridderkerk, Netherlands Member No.: 353 |
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Mar 22 2011, 05:04 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14434 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
I have this catastrophically unhealthy urge to shout 'POWERRRRR' in a Jeremy Clarkson Top-Gear kind of way.
But with < 500whrs, it seems a bit rude. |
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Mar 22 2011, 06:00 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 530 Joined: 21-March 06 From: Canada Member No.: 721 |
Shotgun!
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Mar 22 2011, 08:06 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2922 Joined: 14-February 06 From: Very close to the Pyrénées Mountains (France) Member No.: 682 |
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Mar 22 2011, 08:22 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 3241 Joined: 11-February 04 From: Tucson, AZ Member No.: 23 |
As a generally passive observer of Opportunity's travels, I am glad to hear that it is getting on with it.
Now, full speed ahead! -------------------- &@^^!% Jim! I'm a geologist, not a physicist!
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Mar 22 2011, 09:55 PM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 3108 Joined: 21-December 05 From: Canberra, Australia Member No.: 615 |
As another well known backseat driver would always say: "Engage"
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Mar 23 2011, 04:54 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 399 Joined: 28-August 07 From: San Francisco Member No.: 3511 |
I back the wind too, c'mon wind, g'luck Oppy...
-------------------- 'She drove until the wheels fell off...'
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