Getting Unstuck in West Valley Options

[MahFL]

Whats a "while" 1 month, 1 year ? I wish they could be more specific....they are scientists/enginneers...right ?

[JayB]

Whats a "while" 1 month, 1 year ? I wish they could be more specific....they are scientists/enginneers...right ?

Yep...they'll define "a while" 3 months after she's free, once it's been peer reviewed and published

[djellison]

they are scientists/enginneers...right ?

So they know better than to cite a specific time frame when they know there are so many variables and unknown unknowns involved

[PDP8E]

There are some great shots from the NAV camera doing some sunrise work at West Valley.
The shadows of the surrounding area, the rover tracks, and even the sun peeking over Home Plate are quite unusual
Makes me want to climb out of the sleeping bag, stretch my legs, grab a hot cup of coffee off the campfire, and look around at the new day

here is a sample:

http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/spirit/na...E5P1987L0M1.JPG


full directory:

http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/spirit/navcam/2009-08-03/

[Phil Stooke]

"Whats a "while" 1 month, 1 year ? I wish they could be more specific....they are scientists/enginneers...right ?"

But not meteorologists. It's like seeing a tropical storm begin in mid-Atlantic and trying to predict its effect on Florida. Can't be done until much closer to landfall.

Phil

[MahFL]

PD, yes, some are very atmospheric in nature. Like you say, makes you want to go for a walk there.

[Ant103]

Wow, yes, a very dramatic scenery .

I stitched the panorama of this. Very hard to adjust brightness between some frame.

[ups]

We are getting close to something happening -- I think everyone is starting to feel that.

[SteveM]

Looking at Damien's recent panorama, I saw some little dents on the top of the antenna and on an adjacent metal part at the right edge of the pan. They may have been there before but the oblique sunlight really made them visible. It looks like my car after it was sitting in a hailstorm.

Any suggestions on what process could be causing dents like this?

Steve M

PS For clarity, here are the dents I'm talking about.

[djellison]

Do you mean the dust on top of the LGA ( the pipe like antenna ) which has been there for years or the crimping around the edge of the HGA (which has been there since it was made)

Not sure what you consider a 'dent'. Can you point to it specifically.

[mhoward]

Here's another version of the Sol 1984 morning pan. MMB's image-destretching abilities help a little bit here (just a little bit).



QuickTime VR version (2.3 MB)

[SteveM]

Do you mean the dust on top of the LGA ( the pipe like antenna ) which has been there for years or the crimping around the edge of the HGA (which has been there since it was made)

Not sure what you consider a 'dent'. Can you point to it specifically.

Thanks Doug.

I see about the crimping on the HGA (which I didn't recognize from this perspective).



The top of the LGA seems to have at least two depressions (the illumination's from the left as shown by the rocks in the background, so they don't seem to be mounds of dust). Your suggestion that there's dust up there could explain the depressions; it's certainly more plausible than denting.

Steve M

[PDP8E]

Mhoward,

That was a Qtime VR treat!

thanks

[maycm]

According to New Scientist the plan is to use a combination of all the moves to eventually free Spirit.

I can just hear Captain Picard (or should that be Paolo) instructing 'rotate shield frequencies'

[CosmicRocker]

Thanks for the link, and the Star Trek metaphor, but I'm a bit disappointed that there was no mention of the "sidewinder" maneuver, previously discussed here. It would offer a continuously changing motive vector which just might be the ticket for this predicament.

Returning to the Star Trek theme, I was picturing Squyres telling Paolo, "Make it so, Number One."