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post Jan 23 2007, 05:06 PM
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Due to this driving pattern?

It looks something related to the front wheel steering mechanism which is no longer working.
Or maybe Oppy is a bit drunk and already celebrating its 3rd anniversary. biggrin.gif
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post Jan 23 2007, 05:06 PM
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QUOTE (Floyd @ Jan 23 2007, 10:55 AM) *
Is there a drive issue with Opportunity?


Apparently something aborted the sol-1065 before it completed. They'd planned a new course, but strange that they would overshoot the dock, unless they want to start at the top layer and work down?
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post Jan 23 2007, 05:38 PM
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Perhaps they're heading into the open and safe plains to do some drive software testing?

Or perhaps they're taking an easier route to the Cape C1-2 area, bypassing Cape Desire?
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post Jan 23 2007, 05:45 PM
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post Jan 23 2007, 05:57 PM
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On another topic, in this navcam shot we can easily see the famous dark bands at the bays C5 and D2.
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post Jan 23 2007, 06:11 PM
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It'll be interesting to see if we get a jump in Whr's when we hit those dark streaks - my initial thought is faster winds clearing all but the fine dust leaving just dark basaltic sand + concretions behind.

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post Jan 23 2007, 07:40 PM
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Added 1 image.

The panoramic view from Sol 1064.

Taken with the L0 Navcam.

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post Jan 23 2007, 08:10 PM
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The other side of Victoria crater.

A panoramic view taken on Sol 1064

with the L2 Pancam.

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post Jan 24 2007, 03:54 AM
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From Squyres's latest update, the explanation of the curious tracks:
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We're now working our way around the Bay of Toil to our next imaging spot at the tip of Cape Desire. Driving here has been difficult. ... we make extensive use of ... visodom. ... Problem is, there are very few features in the terrain here... the soil is so bland that there's almost nothing for the visodom software to "lock on" to. This has created problems for us, and we've had a couple of busted drives as a result.

Our rover drivers, however, are nothing if not creative. If Mars doesn't give us features to look at, they figured, we'll make our own features. So recently, we've done a drive where the rover did a strange little dance as it moved along, scuffing the soil and weaving from side to side, making some of the strangest-looking rover tracks you've ever seen. (One of the maneuvers they came up with they called the "drunken sailor walk".) It looks weird, but it works. We did 40 visodom tests on that drive, and 39 of them worked. So next time you see some strange-looking wheel tracks, it's just the rover scuffing up the terrain so it can figure out where it is.
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post Jan 24 2007, 06:32 AM
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I'm amazed how creative these guys are. Looks evident now when you know it, but well.
Will be nice to see if somebody here could come up with another bright idea to help visodom. Come on guys, be creative!


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post Jan 24 2007, 07:23 AM
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That is a fantastic bit of creative problem solving, absolutely love it.

They should start "writing" out messages in morse using this drunken sailor track - they could start with:
-- . .-. .-. ..- .-.. . ...

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post Jan 24 2007, 08:08 AM
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QUOTE (jvandriel @ Jan 23 2007, 01:10 PM) *
The other side of Victoria crater.

A panoramic view taken on Sol 1064

with the L2 Pancam.

jvandriel



I like the minature "Chimney Rock" feature on the far left.
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post Jan 24 2007, 01:01 PM
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smile.gif

or maybe if Oppy is feeling a bit more poetical and ironically spry...

.. / --. .-. --- .-- / --- .-.. -.. / .-.-.- .-.-.- .-.-.- / .. / --. .-. --- .-- / --- .-.. -.. / .-.-.- .-.-.- .-.-.- / .. / ... .... .- .-.. .-.. / .-- . .- .-. / - .... . / -... --- - - --- -- ... / --- ..-. / -- -.-- / - .-. --- ..- ... . .-. ... / .-. --- .-.. .-.. . -.. .-.-.-

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post Jan 24 2007, 01:47 PM
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I hope they take a look at Guam (the dock). Might be interesting.


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post Jan 24 2007, 04:46 PM
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Another "drunky" move on sol 1067: http://nasa.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportu...PAP1312L0M1.JPG
The dock/Guam can be seen on the rhaz pic too; we just left it behind. sad.gif

There is a single downlinked navcam right now but IMO the rover is facing Cape Desire.
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